Barack Hussein Obama Calls For Stricter Enforcement of Gun Control Laws

President Barack Hussein Obama has called for stricter enforcement of gun control laws in America based on the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. Now, before we continue, let me ask this question...if Obama were to get what he wants as stated below from the article, how would that have affected the outcome with Rep. Giffords?

Here's what the President had to say, from the article at The Telegraph:

In an article for The Arizona Daily Star, Mr Obama said legislation to bolster criminal background checks for gun buyers had not been properly implemented, with too many states providing "incomplete and inadequate" information.

He suggested rewarding states that provide the most comprehensive information to the criminal background database.

"We should make the system faster and nimbler," the president added. "We should provide an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers who want to do the right thing, and make sure that criminals can't escape it."

Now, maybe I'm missing something (and I'm sure my readers will correct me quickly if I am) but how would a "faster" and "nimbler" system have stopped Jared Loughner from getting a gun? What exactly was the criminal background of Loughner?

A couple of other questions - last time I checked, someone with a criminal background usually doesn't walk into a Walmart to buy a gun under the restrictive process put in place by the Federal government...don't they usually go underground and buy an illegal gun? Would a stricter control of guns actually take weapons out of the hands of criminals or would that only continue to inconvenience responsible gun owners?

Perhaps Obama is positioning himself - he caught a TON of heat from the far Left during the Giffords aftermath for not calling for new gun laws on the American public and perhaps Obama is setting the stage for such a call. But the fact of the matter is this - whatever Obama tries to do it will end up ensuring that the bad guys continue to have guns and the American people who have a Constitutional right to own guns will be restricted from protecting their families and property.

Barack Obama calls for more stringent gun control


n an article for The Arizona Daily Star, Mr Obama said legislation to bolster criminal background checks for gun buyers had not been properly implemented, with too many states providing "incomplete and inadequate" information.

He suggested rewarding states that provide the most comprehensive information to the criminal background database.

"We should make the system faster and nimbler," the president added. "We should provide an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers who want to do the right thing, and make sure that criminals can't escape it."

The Arizona Daily Star is based in Tucson, where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot during a January rampage in which six were killed and 12 others wounded. The accused assailant, Jared Loughner, was considered mentally unstable, yet because he was never deemed mentally ill by a judge or committed to an institution and was able to legally buy the gun police said he used.

Mr Obama acknowledged that it was not easy to find common ground between gun owners and gun-control advocates.