[lbo-talk] more on Obama's gun record

[John Thornton]

Who in our Govt. really believes my shotgun could be used to to any 
effect if the Govt. wished to impose martial law?
Don't kid yourself indeed.
The 2nd amendment really says nothing about individual gun ownership.
It is about a collective right for militias not under federal control.

All that said I don't believe gun confiscation is justified by the 
imposition of martial law.

John Thornton

Eric Draitser wrote:
> finally something i agree with obama on, gun confiscation (aside from being
> blatantly unconstitutional) is one of the key obstacles to the imposition of
> martial law.  please dont kid yourselves, martial law is coming the next
> time there is a "terrorist attack" (whether or not you even believe that
> 9-11 wasn't an inside job).  all i know is, i dont want to end up in one of
> those cute little FEMA concentration camps, and if they confiscate guns you
> better believe that'll happen sooner rather than later.
>
> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> [also from the Politico piece]
>>
>> In the Senate, he and Clinton broke on one vote, in July 2006. Siding
>> with gun-rights advocates, Obama voted to prohibit the confiscation
>> of firearms during an emergency or natural disaster. Clinton was one
>> of 16 senators to oppose the amendment.