Obama’s History On Concealed Carry
[Obama] backed federal legislation that would ban citizens from carrying weapons, except for law enforcement. He cited Texas as an example of a place where a law allowing people to carry weapons has “malfunctioned” because hundreds of people granted licenses had prior convictions.
“National legislation will prevent other states’ flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents,” Obama said.
— http://www.icadp.org/page236.html (Citing David Mendel, Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2004)
The beauty of the second
amendment is that it will
not be needed until they
try to take it.
Thomas Jefferson
Guard with jealous
attention the public
liberty. Suspect
everyone who approaches
that jewel. Unfortunately,
nothing will preserve it
but downright force;
Whenever you give up
that force, you are ruined…
The great object is that every
man be armed. Everyone
who is able might have a
gun.
Patrick Henry
Laws that forbid the
carrying of arms…
disarm only those who
are neither inclined nor
determined to commit
crimes… Such laws make
things worse for the assaulted
and better for the assailants;
they serve rather to encourage
than to prevent homicides,
for an unarmed man may be
attacked with greater
confidence than an armed
man.
Thomas Jefferson