Senator Obama has let the public know his stand on allowing law abiding citizens to be armed for self-defense. He is against the 6,500,000 citizens who are authorized to carry defensive weapons. Senator Obama told a Pennsylvania newspaper "I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could [get shot during] altercations."
Senator Obama should have done some research before making his statement. There are about 6,500,000 legally armed citizens all across the United States of America. If just a few of these individuals harmed innocent people, it would have been in the majority of news media outlets almost immediately. This has not taken place.
Because Senator Obama is a resident of one of the most restrictive anti-gun states in America, Illinois, it was not a surprise that he made this statement. What was a surprise is that he would make this type of statement while running for President of the United States. This goes to show that Senator Obama does not do his homework. History has shown that law abiding legally armed citizens have been a credit to the laws that allow them to carry defensive weapons. Young, middle, and older age citizens have embraced these laws that allow them the opportunity to not be 'food' for criminals, thugs, and terrorists.
Senator Obama and others who oppose these laws, if given their way, would increase the odds for criminals to commit harm more effectively because without these laws, law abiding citizens would be at the whim of every armed criminal. These laws allow citizens of the United States to oppose attacks by armed thugs, rapists, and a whole lot of others who want to commit acts of harm on innocent people. Innocent people are who these laws were meant to help. Criminals don't normally attack other criminials, they attack innocent people who they believe are defenseless and will not try and fight back. If Senator Obama has his way, the criminals will get what they want.
With his statement, Senator Obama has lost votes from millions of law abiding legally armed citizens.
It needs to be a known fact that because of us who have weapons in our house, cars, and on our person is one reason that America has not been attacked by another country also.. No matter how large an army is who tries to attack our land they will face a land that is ready to fight at any moment with over 6,000,000 legally owned weapon carrying Americans. I guess you can call us a hidden army of America.. He needs to wake up and not take that right away from this land..
We are what sends the fear inside of the criminals out there. Even though a few get stupid in their actions, the point is it's a few.. One day the moment will come that we will be praised for our legally held weapons when one of us saves the many who could have been killed.. Maybe even save his life.. America needs to wake up.. Take that right away and we all will find out what it means to live in fear and then guess who will try to take over then.. Don't let the rights to carry be taken away,, One thing that has kept the government from controlling us completely is the fact we are a bigger army than they will ever have.. If they try to take that right away than I can see a possible civil war happening.. Maybe in our life time or not the atmosphere for this to happening grows every year.. To much government, it's our government not theirs.. The constitution gives us the right to carry weapons and to take back the government if we feel that it's not doing the proper job.. If they continue to take our rights away, then we need to stand up and fight for the sheet of paper that says WE THE PEOPLE.. Rick Bailey Gainesville Florida
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I think you need to re-write the and send it to Senator Obama as well as the USA Today and other leading newspapers, and don't forget the major network television stations. We need to make an issue about this!
Randy Philipps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
