03-02-2018, 02:18 PM
Obama's stance on gun control never changed as far as I can see, Mags.
As a candidate in 2008, he declared that he respected the Second Amendment, he wanted the background checks strengthened and extended to gun show transactions, and he supported a ban on assault-type rifles.
Obama stated the same positions during his 2012 reelection campaign.
As a President, he failed to accomplish those goals, though he pushed hard to get them enacted in his second term.
Some people say Obama should have tried to push through his gun control agenda early on when Dems had majority in both the House and Senate. Maybe they're right and he could have succeeded. But, he may not have had the votes since several red-state Dems weren't on board. In any case, Obama failed to accomplish his long-standing gun control agenda and he owns that.
Some of the gun control measures that Trump supported on Wednesday and immediately following the Stoneman Douglas school massacre are the same as what Obama always supported. If that's what you meant by Trump learning from Obama, you may be right.
As a candidate in 2008, he declared that he respected the Second Amendment, he wanted the background checks strengthened and extended to gun show transactions, and he supported a ban on assault-type rifles.
Obama stated the same positions during his 2012 reelection campaign.
As a President, he failed to accomplish those goals, though he pushed hard to get them enacted in his second term.
Some people say Obama should have tried to push through his gun control agenda early on when Dems had majority in both the House and Senate. Maybe they're right and he could have succeeded. But, he may not have had the votes since several red-state Dems weren't on board. In any case, Obama failed to accomplish his long-standing gun control agenda and he owns that.
Some of the gun control measures that Trump supported on Wednesday and immediately following the Stoneman Douglas school massacre are the same as what Obama always supported. If that's what you meant by Trump learning from Obama, you may be right.