And there it is
Obama has avoided the gun issue because it’s a loser. Smart politics, not ideology. Now, he’s pushing the assault weapons ban in light of the Aurora shooting. Also, our soldiers do not carry AK47s. A commander in chief should know that.
August 6th, 2012 at 10:32 am
If there were an R in front of his name. Every paper in the country would have an article some where with in it’s pages. Saying he wasn’t fit to lead.
August 6th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
But nuance and subtlety and shades of grey (or is it gray, I nver know with those guys), sometimes our special ops people do carry real, genuine AK-47’s.
If these wannabe Morlocks wanted to make the distinction we’d also read in tne newspaper how the AK-47 bears the same relationship to what the civilians are allowed to buy as the 1979 Corvette Indy Pace car had to the finned and painted gaudy thing Chevrolet sold in its showrooms that year.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
A gun is a gun. In the same way a murderous SOB is, well, just that. Some of the things we encounter in life, seem to want to cause harm, to actual human beings. Most of those things are NOT inanimate objects.
August 7th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
In fairness to the President, according to that link he said “But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldier and not in the hands of crooks. They belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities”.
Which is a claim that they’re a weapon of war, used by soldiers – but not a claim that they’re used by our soldiers.
We all disagree with his claim that the AK-pattern rifle is Only For Soldiers – but he didn’t claim our soldiers used AKs, just that the people he thinks should are soldiers. Different claims.
August 7th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Hmmm, I sense a tone in your message, Sig. Not meaning to argue, or disregard what you said, but I should respond. I think that ANY soldier, from ANY army, has a job to do. When the time comes, and a soldier needs something, he will find it. Or, at least, try to. Do American soldiers use improvised weapons? I fucking hope so.