When a child says "I'm sorry." for misbehaving and then immediately does the same thing, he either does not know the meaning of the words he speaks or doesn't care about the value of his word.

Similarly, when a politician says he supports the Second Amendment, and then votes for bills that violate those rights, there are only two options. He either doesn't know what he is saying, or he is saying what is necessary to get elected.

Either way, actions speak louder than words.

And so it is with Barack Obama.

Before you take the shortcut to FactCheck's analysis, remember that they are funded by the Annenberg Foundation, which just happens to also fund the Brady Bunch. Also recognize that their analysis relies on Obama's words and misrepresentations of the mentioned bills.

We have been hearing for months about how Obama was a constitutional professor and respects the Second Amendment as an individual right. Sportsmen for Obama groups have sprouted up here and there to try to accent the point. A skeet shoot in Brighton, Colorado, hosted by Ray Shoenke of the AHSA, was Obama's version of the Kerry absurd.

So, do we believe the words of a candidate or do we examine readily available information? I am not suggesting anyone take the word of the AHSA or the NRA. Investigate for yourself. Obama's voting record will speak for itself.

And his voting record is consistent with his words when running as an Illinois politician instead of a federal politician.

I suggest that you do not trust this site. And do not trust Gun Law News. Link through to bills like SB-2579 (Illinois 2003) and read the kind of bills that Obama actually voted for and read his speech on the bill  (page 123). Then examine the kind of bills that Obama voted against: S-397.

Do those votes reflect a position of support for the Second Amendment?

Do Obama's words mirror his actions or give the reflection of someone hoping you will not research his actions?

Do not let Barack fool you. Despite his words, Obama will support all the gun control he feels he can get passed. And he will do it while saying that he is not infringing the rights of hunters.

Now, if you disagree with me, please shoot me a note and provide me with information on actual actions that Obama has taken to support our Second Amendment rights. Words do not count. I commit to publish those Obama's actions.

It is reasonably well known that Obama tends to do less than well when he runs off script. For this reason, he tends to travel with his teleprompter. His words are carefully chosen meaning that what he does not say can be as or more important than what he does say. And that is why we must look carefully at his words.

So, what does Obama say on the Second Amendment?

His website ( Supporting the Rights and Traditions of Sportsmen ) used to say:

Refining his statement, the same Fact Sheet has now been editted down to:

First and foremost, the Constitution does not create any rights. It ACKNOWLEDGES rights that predate the writing of the Constitution. It is amazing that a ten year professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago does not get this.

At any rate, for all this belief in people's individual rights in the Second Amendment, that did not prevent Barack from believing that D.C.'s complete ban on handguns post May 1976 was constitutional ( The Chicago Tribune, November 20, 2007, "Court To Hear Gun Case" ).

And remember Obama sliding offscript:

Wall Street Journal, September 5, 2008

It would seem that Barack has given thought to taking them all away. That is consistent with his 1996 questionaire where he advocated the banning of all handguns. ( Obama has attempted unsucessfully to distance himself from this questionaire. )

Obama has been trying to forget about this issue by repeatedly saying that he is not going to take our guns away. Never does he say that we will be able to continue to acquire them or that our children will be able to buy firearms.

Barack has also been very open about his advocacy of a new assault weapons ban. The most popular rifle in the country would become illegal to acquire under Barack's leadership.

One must ask Barack where he thinks the Constitution draws the line with "shall not be infringed".

If Barack really believed in the whole Constitution, our Second Amendment rights would be addressed under the "Civil Rights" tab on his site instead of under "Sportsmen" which sits under "Additional Issues".  Gun rights are apparently the ugly step child that Barack does not what to bring up.

From the Wall Street Journal:

I guess that he would take them away if he could get the votes.....Yup, and he thinks the Second Amendment is an individual right. Right.

Yea, right.

He will be able to fool a few for awhile. But most of us are not that stupid.

His actions speak louder than words.

I let the run longer than intended and the percentages have not fluctuated much in quite awhile. FYI:

Note the new poll on the right.

From Senator Obama's acceptance speach:

Would somebody please inform the senator that it has been a felony for criminals to be in possession of ANY firearm since before the uninformed senator was born? The first criminal in possess law that I have found is the Federal Firearms Act of 1938.

And I suspect, a criminal in possession in rural Ohio would be no less a danger than one in Cleveland.

From the Democratic debates, examine what Joe Biden thinks of gun owners:

My guns are not my babies; I don't cherish them.

But I do cherish the freedom they represent. They are physical manifestations of the power of the citizenry recognized by the founding fathers.

What a guy. By choosing Biden, Obama once again highlights his respect for the Second Amendment, as a constitutional scholar. Right.

Hat tip to a helpful reader.

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