• Palin says Obama would ban guns if he could
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[url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jYg3yUuVGNAfWGdVNY0lBU2607_wD9FMUTV00[/url] [release]CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut the Second Amendment and told a separate gathering that "mama grizzlies" will help Republicans win this November, sweeping away the Democratic agenda. Palin, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, told National Rifle Association members during their annual meeting that the only thing stopping Obama and his Democratic allies from trying to ban guns is political backlash. "Don't doubt for a minute that, if they thought they could get away with it, they would ban guns and ban ammunition and gut the Second Amendment," said Palin, a lifelong NRA member who once had a baby shower at a local gun range in Alaska. "It's the job of all of us at the NRA and its allies to stop them in their tracks." Gun enthusiasts have trumpeted fears that their rights would erode under a Democrat-led White House and Congress, but President Barack Obama has largely been silent on issues such as reviving an assault weapons ban or strengthening background checks at gun shows. Obama also signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks. Palin, the GOP's 2008 vice presidential nominee, also praised tea party activism during an appearance in Charlotte, and scoffed at suggestions that the movement had roots in violence, racism or rednecks before adding: "I don't really have a problem with the redneck part of it, to tell you the truth." She proceeded to read several redneck jokes off her phone and talked about how she could relate to some of them. During an event earlier Friday in Washington sponsored by an anti-abortion group, she challenged Republican women to help the GOP "take this country back" and elect anti-abortion lawmakers. She praised female leaders of the tea party movement and invoked the 2008 acceptance speech where she compared herself to a pit bull. "You don't want to mess with moms who are rising up," Palin said at the Susan B. Anthony List event. "If you thought pit bulls were tough, you don't want to mess with mama grizzlies." Palin said she understood how some women might consider abortion, citing her own experiences as the mother of a child with Down syndrome and the parent of an unwed teen mother. Last year, Palin said that "for a fleeting moment" she considered having an abortion when she learned of her son Trig's prognosis. But she said Friday that abortion is morally wrong and women should carry a fetus to term. "It may not be the easiest path, but it's always the right path," she said. She said Obama is "the most pro-abortion president ever to occupy the White House" and asserted that the health care law would fund abortions. In fact, Obama's health care law would not allow federal dollars to pay for elective abortions. Catholic hospitals and organizations of Catholic nuns backed the measure. U.S. Catholic bishops and major anti-abortion groups opposed it, arguing that federal dollars could end up paying for abortions. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List, said Palin talks a good game, but her version of what American women want doesn't honor freedom and independence. She mentioned the Democratic lawmakers whom Palin had targeted for their votes for health care overhaul. "First she puts targets on their back, then she wants the government in their bedrooms — what is Sarah Palin doing to Western women?" said Schriock. EMILY'S List helps candidates who back abortion rights. Palin also criticized the media, singling out their coverage of her daughter Bristol, whose pregnancy was announced days after Palin was named the vice presidential nominee. Bristol Palin is a single mother who works on an abstinence-only campaign. She said some young women would see what happened to Bristol and perhaps be encouraged to seek an abortion instead of facing similar criticism. Palin also said Friday that the United States should continue to drill for oil despite the Gulf spill. She made the comments in an interview with ABC News. [/release] SHE'S SO DUMB :psyduck:
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She says it like it's a bad thing.
[quote] Last year, Palin said that "for a fleeting moment" she considered having an abortion when she learned of her son Trig's prognosis.[/quote] So she considered having an abortion in a safe and legal environment, yet she wants to take that right away from other women?
Palin should just really step out of politics. She's too oblivious and retarded.
[QUOTE=FPChris;21964811]She says it like it's a bad thing.[/QUOTE] You're wrong.
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21964876]You're wrong.[/QUOTE] Elaborate.
Didn't he re-allow guns in National Parks and on Amtrak trains? As far as I know, those are the only things gun-related he's done, and they're pro-gun. Correct me if I'm wrong about that.
[QUOTE=Jacam12SUX;21964888]Elaborate.[/QUOTE] Guns are good.
[QUOTE=Kagrenak;21964960]Didn't he re-allow guns in National Parks and on Amtrak trains? As far as I know, those are the only things gun-related he's done, and they're pro-gun. Correct me if I'm wrong about that.[/QUOTE] nope, you're right the right-wing's beliefs about Obama's supposed anti-gun stance are totally unfounded
Nah, Obama is man of action.
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;21965026]nope, you're right the right-wing's beliefs about Obama's supposed anti-gun stance are totally unfounded[/QUOTE] My Mom flipped shit and bought a 9mm because she thought Obama was going to take them away from stores. Whatever, that's a gun I get to shoot on the weekends :v:
[QUOTE=Kagrenak;21964960]Didn't he re-allow guns in National Parks and on Amtrak trains? As far as I know, those are the only things gun-related he's done, and they're pro-gun. Correct me if I'm wrong about that.[/QUOTE] Read the OP? [quote=op]but President Barack Obama has largely been silent on issues such as reviving an assault weapons ban or strengthening background checks at gun shows. Obama also signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.[/quote]
[QUOTE=evilweazel;21964985]Guns are good.[/QUOTE] You don't need to have them be available to every person in the country.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21964830]So she considered having an abortion in a safe and legal environment, yet she wants to take that right away from other women?[/QUOTE] That's politics for ya :clint:
I still think she would make a good president.
[QUOTE=Heroms;21965205]You don't need to have them be available to every person in the country.[/QUOTE] 'Course you do. [editline]02:24PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Cypher_09;21965253]I still think she would make a good president.[/QUOTE] :hurr:
[QUOTE=evilweazel;21965283]'Course you do.[/QUOTE] What on earth for
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;21965253]I still think she would make a good president.[/QUOTE] Jon Stewart would have enough material from Palin in 1 year to do 3 seasons if she were elected.
[QUOTE=Heroms;21965318]What on earth for[/QUOTE] Hunting for some, defense for others, hobbies for most. Not everyone can have them by the way, felons cant have them legally.
What do you expect? Those ignorant rednecks in the NRA will fork over tons of money to Republican candidates if she tells them Obama is going to kick in the door and take their guns.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;21965333]Hunting for some, defense for others, hobbies for most. Not everyone can have them by the way, felons cant have them legally.[/QUOTE] But a person can take one of these guns and shoot up a school.
[QUOTE=FPChris;21964811]She says it like it's a bad thing.[/QUOTE] It is a bad thing. But it's not true. It's just the NRA's fear mongering. [editline]02:39PM[/editline] [QUOTE=radioactive;21965552]But a person can take one of these guns and shoot up a school.[/QUOTE] Your point? Read the Second Amendment.
If you take away guns, the bad people will still have them while good citizens won't be able to defend herself. But honestly shut the fuck up Palin, you are an idiot.
[QUOTE=Heroms;21965318]What on earth for[/QUOTE] Not everyone is a musclebag that can defend himself without a gun.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21965552]But a person can take one of these guns and shoot up a school.[/QUOTE] So we should just get rid of them all together?
[QUOTE=FPChris;21964811]She says it like it's a bad thing.[/QUOTE] It WOULD be a bad thing. Even if the legal ownership, transportation, and production of guns was prohibited in the US, there would still be plenty of smuggled weapons for those who really want them. If a man intending to do harm obtains a gun and there are no armed officials around to stop him, what do you think would happen to everyone in his general area? I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good thing to get rid of guns for good, but that would be nearly impossible now that they are readily available and actively produced around the world. Unless we can get every single country to participate in a mass banning of firearms, there is no way to get rid of them entirely. ON TOPIC: Palin is a fucking idiot
[QUOTE=radioactive;21965552]But a person can take one of these guns and shoot up a school.[/QUOTE] Same thing with kitchen knives, heavy tools like crowbars and sledgehammers and even chainsaws. Should we ban these things ?
What's the point of banning something to keep it away from criminals? Criminals won't abide by the law anyway, so any ban on weapons is just plain stupid. At least with it legal there are background checks, make it illegal and it will just be a black market where anyone can get it without any kind of scrutiny. She's hilariously stupid and I would hate for her to be president, but she is right on this.
[QUOTE=radioactive;21965552]But a person can take one of these guns and shoot up a school.[/QUOTE] If guns were banned people like that would just get them illegally There are ~250 million guns in America so I don't think it would be particularly hard to find one even if they get banned
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