Barack Obama just doesn't believe that ordinary people should be able to use guns:

S-T: As a state legislator, you voted against a bill which would let people with orders of protection [against others] carry guns and another that would have barred municipalities from punishing people who kept guns in their homes. Why?

B.O.: I felt that [the first one] was a precedent for conceal-and-carry laws. There has not been any evidence that allowing people to carry a concealed weapon is going to make anybody safer. [The second one] is relevant to the D.C. handgun issue. I wanted to preserve the right of local communities to enforce local ordinances and this would have overturned municipalities being able to enforce their own ordinances. We can argue about whether the ordinances work or not. But I wanted to make sure that local communities were recognized as having a right to regulate firearms.

S-T: But you don't want to take a stand on the D.C. gun-ban law?

B.O.: I don't like taking a stand on pending cases.

Allowing people to carry concealed weapons hasn't made anyone safer? Really? Obama should come down from his elitist pedestal and talk to the many, many people in this country who have - with a firearm - successfully warded off someone intending to do them grave physical harm.

Then Sen. Obama might want to visit this site for further information.

This comment by Obama is about the most nonsensical one that I've heard come out of his mouth.