As a general principle, I believe that the Constitution confers an individual right to bear arms, but just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or the local government can't constrain the exercise of that right." -- then Senator Barack Obama, in a candidate debate, 2008.
Before he was a candidate for President, Barack Obama was a state legislator in Illinois. He worked behind the scenes to push a radical anti Second Amendment agenda while gun owners suffered. He favored an all out ban on handguns in Illinois, co sponsored a bill rationing the purchase of guns, and opposed a bill which would allow homeowners to defend themselves in their homes with firearms.
Read the article: The Tennessean (Nashville, Tenn.)
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