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Obama can say anything he wants. The election is a lock. They are just going through the motions so that it doesn't look too much like a Don King fight.    

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It seems to me that thanks would be more appropriate and productive than ridicule.

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It seems to me that thanks would be more appropriate and productive than ridicule.

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Yeah, the change over is really fast and furious.

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I was sick last night and missed the debates...so what did Obama say about gun ownership?

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Some folks can see the brick heading toward their face while others need to be hit by it before they believe that it's real.

A bunch of folks got hit square between the eyes with it last night.

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A question was asked about supporting an assault weapons ban.

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If I recall, the question didn't even mention an AWB. It was a general question about gun violence. Obama mentioned a new AWB as part of his solution to gun violence.

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She said "assault weapons".

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She said "assault weapons".

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A question was asked about supporting an assault weapons ban.

Obama recited his usual "AK47s belong on the hands of soldiers, not in our streets", said he supported an assault weapons ban but that we also needed additional measures, because it was cheap handguns that was driving the crime spike in his home town of Chicago.


So basically he said "yeah, an AWB would be a good start, but I'd like to restrict handguns too".


Edit:  Romney said he didn't support any new gun laws.

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If I recall, the question didn't even mention an AWB. It was a general question about gun violence. Obama mentioned a new AWB as part of his solution to gun violence.

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I meant she didn't ask about renewing the ban.

QUESTION: President Obama, during the Democratic National Convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. What has your administration done or planned to do to limit the availability of assault weapons?

OBAMA: We're a nation that believes in the Second Amendment, and I believe in the Second Amendment. We've got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves.

But there have been too many instances during the course of my presidency, where I've had to comfort families who have lost somebody. Most recently out in Aurora. You know, just a couple of weeks ago, actually, probably about a month, I saw a mother, who I had met at the bedside of her son, who had been shot in that theater.

And her son had been shot through the head. And we spent some time, and we said a prayer and, remarkably, about two months later, this young man and his mom showed up, and he looked unbelievable, good as new.

But there were a lot of families who didn't have that good fortune and whose sons or daughters or husbands didn't survive.

So my belief is that, (A), we have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. We've done a much better job in terms of background checks, but we've got more to do when it comes to enforcement.

But I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. And so what I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally. Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced. But part of it is also looking at other sources of the violence. Because frankly, in my home town of Chicago, there's an awful lot of violence and they're not using AK-47s. They're using cheap hand guns.

And so what can we do to intervene, to make sure that young people have opportunity; that our schools are working; that if there's violence on the streets, that working with faith groups and law enforcement, we can catch it before it gets out of control.

And so what I want is a –– is a comprehensive strategy. Part of it is seeing if we can get automatic weapons that kill folks in amazing numbers out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. But part of it is also going deeper and seeing if we can get into these communities and making sure we catch violent impulses before they occur.

"This is my last election ... After my election I have more flexibility," Obama said.

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But, last night, he actually said, "I support reinstatement of the AWB...."

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Did anyone really think that only referred to missile defense issues with Russia?

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Did anyone really think that only referred to missile defense issues with Russia?

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Thanks for the transcript.  There you go, Smashy.

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He's said that before.

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I tend to agree that Romney is going to win.  The biggest question in my mind is whether it will be a blowout or a close race.

I still just can't get over the sudden surprise.   I've been panic buying since 08, so I'm confused by people that waited so long.  

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I tend to agree that Romney is going to win.  The biggest question in my mind is whether it will be a blowout or a close race.

I still just can't get over the sudden surprise.   I've been panic buying since 08, so I'm confused by people that waited so long.  

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Some folks can see the brick heading toward their face while others need to be hit by it before they believe that it's real.

A bunch of folks got hit square between the eyes with it last night.

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It's the way it always has been.

Remember Kennedy/Nixon?

People will pay attention when they pay attention.  You can't force
it.  Personally, I didn't see the debates because I'm not interested at all
in them.  Why should I be?  I'm voteing for Romney, and there is no
possible way I'd be convinced to vote for Obama, or any other Democrat.

I pay attention during (R) primarys and local elections.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the general consensus that the election will be determined by the swing states and Obama has most of those in the bag?

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I watch them the same way I do a sporting event.  End result doesn't change much for me personally but I like to cheer on one side while cursing at the other.

And I like to have a feel for which direction the stupid undecided people might go.

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and some ignored that brick

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But, last night, he actually said, "I support reinstatement of the AWB...."

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I was sick last night and missed the debates...so what did Obama say about gun ownership?

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The thing that surprised me and many others was that he SAID it. It's kinda like the name that shall not be named. Go to barackobama.com and search for "gun control". Not there. Not mentioned ANYWHERE on the site. Same for "AWB" or "assault weapon". Completely devoid of any mention of it. It is THAT toxic.

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In seconds last night he completely torpedoed all of his posturing for the last 3 years with smoke & mirrors on the 2A with the mere mention of an AWB.

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Obama
has said he supports an assault weapon ban many times before, and he
also posted before the 2008 election that he and Biden support the ban
on their "where we stand on the issues" webpage, and they recently put
it back up there again.

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That's just it. You and everyone else says he has said this AWB stuff MANY times before but I'm catching hell finding him actually saying it. There's plenty of us out there projecting it upon the guy b/c we know it but he's very careful to not say it; until last night. As I mentioned a couple posts up above gun control, AWB and Assault Weapons are NOT on barackobama.com AT ALL.

Obama gun control vids on youtube do not have him saying AWB AT ALL.

Maybe my google-fu sucks but he's hardly been rampantly running around yelling AWB for 4 years... I'd bet that there may be 3 anecdotal mentions of it somewhere; I haven't found any though...