Post by Oscar Knight on Dec 21, 2014 7:18:27 GMT -6
....Barack Obama: FactCheck: Yes, Obama endorsed Illinois handgun ban
Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of
handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, “No, my writing wasn’t on thatparticular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns.”
Actually, Obama’s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the
Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters ofIllinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:
35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.
www.ontheissues.org/Archive/2008_Dems_Philly_Gun_Control.htm
Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of
handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, “No, my writing wasn’t on thatparticular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns.”
Actually, Obama’s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the
Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters ofIllinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:
35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.
www.ontheissues.org/Archive/2008_Dems_Philly_Gun_Control.htm