Before bitter-gate: What Obama said hours earlier about guns
“We need sensible gun laws,” said the Senator. “I just got back from Montana where just about everyone has guns. In that culture, fathers and sons bond over hunting. You can’t take that away from rural America. But the inner city is different, and we should tighten the laws on gun purchases and close the loopholes in gun show sales to unscrupulous buyers. The gun control people and the right to bear arms people are talking past each other about disconnected topics.”
The remarks, delivered at an event in Silicon Valley and shared with The Huffington Post by an attendee, suggest that even in private, Obama’s view of gun ownership is far from the strict or condescending anti-Second Amendment characterization that his critics have painted. Rather, they imply that Obama actually does view the right to bear arms as a personal tradition passed through generations, but one that does not necessarily comport to every geographic region. (Obama’s campaign didn’t dispute the remarks, but wouldn’t comment further.)
And yet, for all his policy papers and public statements, the perception of Obama being out of touch on guns, among other issues, has proven far more predominant. In recent days, for instance, the Republican National Committee has put out a television advertisement calling into question his ability to relate to average Americans, in part by highlighting those remarks.
Link:The Huffington Post
