Assault Rifle Ban

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Originally Posted by Tombstone

What does everyone think about the inevitable assault rifle ban. After this ban is passed do you think that there will be a slippery slope in regards to banning all firearms?

IMHO the government does not have the right to take away my second amendment right. My forefathers died for private citizens to own guns to defend ourselves from any threat both domestic and foreign. This is America isn't it?

Obama won't be moving on this until the after the midterms in 2010. Believe it or not, this is an area of weakness for Obama that turns the ire of the people against him. Obama will move on this, but until later. His first moves will be economic (and they will not included tax hikes either- more like bail out programs and tax credit incentives for the middle class). The next shift with him will be foreign policy to buck up his world image (he doesn't want to have another Cuban Missle Crisis). Tax Hikes and the AWB are issues that are immediate distractions and liabilities for his administration. This is too expensive right off the bat and will cost WAY too much political capital.

ATL