From his days of campaigning in Downstate Illinois, Sen. Barack Obama has been asked plenty of times about his views on gun ownership.
But the Illinois Democrat and presidential candidate added a new wrinkle Saturday night while campaigning in conservative-leaning western Iowa, when he said his Chicago-native wife, Michelle, recently commented that she could see why rural folks might want to own guns.
Here was Obama's discussion of gun ownership and his wife's thoughts during a campaign stop at a middle school:
"We should be able to combine respect for those traditions with our concern for kids who are being shot down. This is a classic example of us just applying some common sense, just being reasonable, right? And reasonable would say that lawful gun owners – I respect the Second Amendment. I think lawful gun owners should be able to hunt, be sportsmen, protect their families."
This is a classic case of the media finding one minuscule part of a dialogue and twisting it to make someone look stupid. The media has an odd way of contorting the truth Barack Obama supports private ownership of guns as long as they are used correctly.
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