9th
May
2007
Obama Record May Be Gold Mine For Critics
posted in Barack Obama (D), Candidates, Gun Control, Issues |Original source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml
Obama regularly supported gun-control measures, including a ban on semiautomatic “assault weapons” and a limit on handgun purchases to one a month.
He also opposed letting people use a self-defense argument if charged with violating local handgun bans by using weapons in their homes. The bill was a reaction to a Chicago-area man who, after shooting an intruder, was charged with a handgun violation.
