NRA plans $40M fall blitz targeting Obama

The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this yearâ??s campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.

â??Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, [the District of Columbia v. Heller decision] could be taken away from us in the future,â?� Chris Cox, head of the NRAâ??s political arm, told Politico.

The politically powerful gun rights group will split its message efforts between communicating with its 4 million members and the tens of millions more firearms owners across the country.

This fall, NRA members will get automated phone calls, mail pieces and pre-election editions of the groupâ??s three magazines making the case against Obama. More broadly, the group will use an independent expenditure effort to hammer the Democratic nominee via TV, radio and newspaper ads in some of about 15 battleground states in the Midwest and Mountain West.

â??We look forward to showing him â??bitter,â??â?� Cox said, referring to Obamaâ??s statement this spring that some in rural America â??clingâ?� to guns and religion out of bitterness.

Since 2000, Democrats have made a conscious decision to avoid alienating gun owners and Second Amendment enthusiasts, as many in the party believe a NRA-stoked backlash cost Al Gore his home state of Tennessee , as well as West Virginia and Arkansas, in the 2000 presidential election. In the days leading up to Election Day four years ago, Democratic nominee Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) even went so far as to symbolically court gun owners, donning camouflage and hoisting a 12-gauge in what turned out to be a goose hunt in more ways than one.
NRA plans $40M fall blitz targeting Obama - Jonathan Martin - Politico.com

Barack Obama on Gun Control
-Ok for states & cities to determine local gun laws. (Apr 2008)
-FactCheck: Yes, Obama endorsed Illinois handgun ban. (Apr 2008)
-Respect 2nd Amendment, but local gun bans ok. (Feb 2008)
-Provide some common-sense enforcement on gun licensing. (Jan 2008)
-2000: cosponsored bill to limit purchases to 1 gun per month. (Oct 2007)
-Concealed carry OK for retired police officers. (Aug 2007)
-Stop unscrupulous gun dealers dumping guns in cities. (Jul 2007)
-Keep guns out of inner cities--but also problem of morality. (Oct 2006)
-Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions. (Jul 1998)
-Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jul 2005)
Gun Control: 2008 contenders' views

Seems that they have alot of "ammo" for their campaign.:D

Have a good one!:s4:

Obama seems fairly moderate, and I see a federal ban on guns about as likely as a federal ban on gay marriage (ie, both are unlikely). Liberals are well known for disliking guns, but this seems to me more an effort to mudsling, rather than a legitimate fear of losing gun rights.

Bush just loaded up the supreme court with his choices, I doubt Obama would be able to negate that, lol.

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Originally Posted by LegalizeTheGreen

Obama seems fairly moderate, and I see a federal ban on guns about as likely as a federal ban on gay marriage (ie, both are unlikely). Liberals are well known for disliking guns, but this seems to me more an effort to mudsling, rather than a legitimate fear of losing gun rights.

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-Ok for states & cities to determine local gun laws. (Apr 2008)
-FactCheck: Yes, Obama endorsed Illinois handgun ban. (Apr 2008)
-Respect 2nd Amendment, but local gun bans ok. (Feb 2008)

His record speaks for itself and this is a legitimate issue since it does deal with our Second Amendment Rights.

Have a good one!:s4:

-Ok for states & cities to determine local gun laws. (Apr 2008)

IDK about you but this was a good vote, why have 1 law be in action that the whole US has to follow, or make each state/city determine what their citizens want?

and besides, who needs fully automatics when you only need a semi pistol to protect and a rifle for hunting....

and that law could be said about MMJ, how MMJ states are being harassed by DEA cause 1 law that overshadows all the other laws in individual states...

and 2/10 is sure a lot better than 10/10... mudslinging indeed.. hate him to hate him.