Reprinted from the Orlando Sentinel (via NRA-ILA):

NRA has ‘anti-gun’ Obama in its sights

nope.jpgThe National Rifle Association is spending more than $10 million to keep Barack Obama from occupying the White House.

The formidable gun-rights group is waging a full-court press against the Illinois senator and Democratic nominee for president, claiming that Obama would be the “most anti-gun president in American history.”

Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, the political and lobbying arm of the group, said Obama’s talk of supporting the Second Amendment does not match his record.

“It’s shameless at best for a candidate like Barack Obama, who has a lifetime of support for a radical gun-control agenda, to somehow think that gun owners are so foolish in this country that we’re going to forget,” he said.

The NRA objects to several votes Obama has made in his political career, including one he made as a state lawmaker in Illinois against creating a loophole for persons violating gun-registration laws if they used the firearm for self-defense. The vote came after a man shot a burglar in his home in a town where handguns were banned.

Cox also mentioned an Obama vote in the U.S. Senate against a bill that protected gun manufacturers from lawsuits.

In television ads, shown in Florida, Ohio and other contested states, the NRA claims that Obama would deny families the right to defend themselves with a firearm against criminals. The group also pounces on Obama’s comment earlier this year that “bitter” voters “cling” to guns and religion.

‘NOPE’ courtesy Patriot Post.