McCain in Auto-Responder Mode: Calls Chicago Anti-Gun Law Unconstitutional
The Dow Jones Industrial average is down 350 points and Warren Buffet says the recession is getting worse. So, what should John McCain talk about? You guessed it! Guns
ARLINGTON, Va. (CBS) ― U.S. Sen. John McCain said Thursday that the Supreme Court ruling in favor of gun ownership showed that the Chicago handgun ban has “infringed on the constitutional rights of Americans.” The presumptive Republican presidential nominee called the ruling a “landmark victory for Second Amendment freedom in the United States.”
“For the first time in the history of our Republic, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was and is an individual right as intended by our Founding Fathers,” McCain said in a statement.
“Today’s ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller makes clear that other municipalities like Chicago that have banned handguns have infringed on the constitutional rights of Americans,” McCain said in the statement.”
Meanwhile, Associated Press is reporting a speech by Obama about the economy and how politics often blocks solutions.
Barack Obama told top business leaders Thursday that politics often gets in the way of solving problems that threaten America’s ability to stay competitive in the global economy.
“There is surprising consensus in this country about what needs to be done — somehow our politics prevent us from acting on that consensus,” Obama said at an economic summit meeting. “We spend an enormous amount of time talking about what separates us, along party lines, along racial lines, along economic lines, but when it comes to how we need to retool America to continue, it’s greatness.”