Thursday, June 26, 2008

BARACK OBAMA

Another Obama Statement Reaches Its Expiration Date, This One on Guns

The Heller decision comes down today from the Supreme Court, either upholding or striking down the Washington, D.C. gun ban.

In preparation for the decision, it appears that another Obama statement is reaching its expiration date:

With the Supreme Court poised to rule on Washington, D.C.'s, gun ban, the Obama campaign is disavowing what it calls an "inartful" statement to the Chicago Tribune last year in which an unnamed aide characterized Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as believing that the DC ban was constitutional.
"That statement was obviously an inartful attempt to explain the Senator's consistent position," Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells ABC News.
The statement which Burton describes as an inaccurate representation of the senator's views was made to the Chicago Tribune on Nov. 20, 2007.
In a story entitled, "Court to Hear Gun Case," the Chicago Tribune's James Oliphant and Michael J. Higgins wrote ". . . the campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said that he '...believes that we can recognize and respect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and the right of local communities to enact common sense laws to combat violence and save lives. Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional.'"

All statements by Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them.

UPDATE: As noted by the guys at RedState, if today's decision is 5-4 or 6-3, we can take an educated guess on how it will come down, no? And Obama cites Ginsburg, Breyer, and Souter as his models for Supreme Court justices. Funny how Obama says he doesn't agree with the decisions of those three on cases like yesterday's ban on the death penalty for child rapists, but they're still his models.

ANOTHER UPDATE: A reader reminds me that Obama said during the Pennsylvania debate that he couldn't comment on the D.C. gun ban case because he hadn't read the briefs. Also, during yesterday's press conference, he said he didn't want to comment on the case until the decision came down.

All of this for a fairly simple yes or no question: Do you think Washington, D.C.'s ban on gun ownership violates the Second Amendment of the Constitution?

06/26 08:58 AM Share