Feathers are being ruffled over an opinion piece penned by President Obama in the Arizona Daily Star. In the article, he calls for a “conversation” on gun control. As I’d expect from him, it’s light on substance and heavy on condescension.
Some will say that anything short of the most sweeping anti-gun legislation is a capitulation to the gun lobby. Others will predictably cast any discussion as the opening salvo in a wild-eyed scheme to take away everybody’s guns. And such hyperbole will become the fodder for overheated fundraising letters.
At first, it seems a bit odd. The rhetoric suggests he’s trying to make an appeal from the center, but he’s still playing to the crowd who elected him. Taken as a whole, his statements are mildly insulting to everyone involved.
He doesn’t offer much in the way of an actual proposal. In a nutshell, he wants the NICS system to run a little more efficiently. Continued...