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To: Brumar89 who wrote (702903)	3/6/2013 2:40:54 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572637

Obama 'I Don't Believe People Should Be Able To Own Guns' Author Quotes Professor who Obama said that to. March 6, 2013 By Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr. cnsnews.com In his new book, At the Brink, economist and author John Lott Jr., assesses the presidency of Barack Obama and recalls conversations regarding gun laws they had while working at the University of Chicago. In Chapter Three, Mr. Lott discusses gun-control and takes the reader back to his time at the University of Chicago, where he and then-professor Barack Obama spoke on numerous occasions about guns in America. "I don't believe people should be able to own guns," Obama told Lott one day at the University of Chicago Law School. Lott explains that he first met Obama shortly after completing his research on concealed handgun laws and crime. "He did not come across as a moderate who wanted to bring people together," Lott writes. After he introduced himself to Obama, Lott suggested that they have lunch one day to discuss their views on guns. According to Lott, Obama "grimaced and turned away." That was the way many conversations with Obama ended, Lott says. Although the Law School was famous for the openness of its faculty and friendly engagement, Lott says, "Obama...preferred silent, scowling disdain to collegiality." President Barack Obama describes his views on guns much differently now that he is on the national stage, Lott believes, pointing to an interview on Fox News in which Obama states, "I have said consistently that I believe that the Second Amendment is an individual right." But, Lott isn't convinced: "Despite his assurance to Fox News that he understands the Second Amendment, it's a good bet that the positions Obama took on guns during his time at Chicago reveal his true convictions." The chapter documents the actions that Obama has taken on guns, citing the following: In 1996, Obama supported a ban on handguns In 1998, he supported a ban on the sale of all semi-automatic guns In 2004, he advocated banning gun sales within five miles of a school or park, which would have shut down nearly all gun stores Mr. Lott concludes the chapter, titled, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," writing, "Barack Obama is the most anti-gun president ever. That claim is based not on my own interactions with him back in the 1990's but on his own public record over many years." He ends with a warning: "The greatest threat is in his [Obama's] power to reshape the federal courts...Each appointment to the Supreme Court could determine whether the people are allowed to keep their guns."

To: Brumar89 who wrote (702903)	3/6/2013 2:49:16 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572637

Once Again, Obama Suggests That Laws Don’t Apply to Him Mar 6, 2013 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON weeklystandard.com President Obama has grown fond of saying that he’s “not a dictator,” “not a king,” and “not the emperor,” but is instead “the president.” Whether his tendency to clarify a seemingly obvious point reveals his inner desires or not, his actions in a variety of ways suggest that he doesn’t think the president shares his fellow citizens’ ongoing obligation to obey the law. To the contrary, he seems to view the president as being somewhat above the law. The latest example involves Obama’s legal obligation to submit a budget by the first Monday in February. We’ve now passed the first Monday in March, yet there’s no indication that Obama intends to submit a budget anytime soon. According to the House Budget Committee, in the 88 years from 1921 through 2008 (the year that President George W. Bush submitted his final budget), the president was a full week late submitting his budget only four times. Obama has now single-handedly matched that mark. In fact, Obama now holds the modern (1921-onward) presidential records for most times being a week late in submitting a budget (4, shattering the previous record of 1), most times being a month late in submitting a budget (2, breaking the previous record of 1), and most times being three months late in submitting a budget (1, breaking the previous record of 0). Overall, Obama’s on-time rate in submitting a budget is 20 percent. In comparison, every other president from Warren G. Harding through George W. Bush had an on-time rate of at least 67 percent. Most had an on-time rate of 100 percent. Again, this is a legal obligation that Obama is refusing to fulfill. Most Americans can’t get away with refusing to fulfill their legal obligations, or with considering themselves to be above the law. Of course, most Americans also can’t get away with having $7 and spending $11, which is what the federal government has done under Obama.