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Ummm, I don't recall suggesting in the OP that anybody was coming to take our guns.
The thesis is:
In a nutshell, the question for this thread is: Is President Obama likely or not likely to support an international initiative to ban many or most privately owned American guns?
I probably should have left the "American guns" out of it and it might have been easier to understand. The point is that we can be sure that those supporting the international effort do have an eye on American guns.
So given the President's affinity for joining the world on all sorts of stuff, will he be in there promoting the international gun initiative too?
So, this thread is not about Obama coming to take your guns, it's about Obama supporting international efforts to come and take your guns?
I'm not really sure I see the difference. And my answer remains the same either way:
Obama is not trying to take away your guns. Period.
No difference? Hmmmm. Thinking about that.
The monstrous healthcare reform bill just passed was heavily promoted, among other things, by pointing to the examples of other nations in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America. Who would have thought such a thing possible before it happened just a few weeks ago?
Many current banking initiatives being debated or in the legislative process are being defended by holding up European or Chinese or Japanese models as if those should guide us. Even a world currency is being kicked around a bit. Who would have thought that we would arrive at a point that some Americans think our economy should be patterned after Europe or China?
Cap and Trade is being widely sold as necessary to an international effort to 'save the planet' and it would be irresponsible and selfish of the USA, the largest per capita consumer of energy, to not be a part of that. Just a short decade or so ago, who could have envisioned any President suggesting America should hand over any part of its sovereignty to international dictates?
So is it so far fetched that cooperation with the international initiatives on other things are out of the realm of probability? We start at the international level and slowly but surely reel the USA into the web?