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Pro-Obama faux gun group discovers they were used

"We believe recent attacks on Senator Obama's stand on the 2nd Amendment and his commitment to our hunting and shooting heritage are unfair and American Hunters and Shooters Association is stepping up to set the record straight. ...Senator Obama will be a strong and authentic voice for America's hunters and shooters and it is with great pleasure that we endorse his candidacy."
- Ray Schoenke, President, American Hunters and Shooters Association, April 16, 2008

By Chad D. Baus

Throughout the 2008 Presidential election campaign, Buckeye Firearms Association, the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun organizations sought to make gun owners aware of the clear and present danger that a President Barack Obama would be to the Second Amendment. One group, however, while claiming to be pro-gun, endorsed Obama, and went out of its way to attack the NRA and anyone else who suggested that a vote for Obama was a vote for gun control.

The anti-gun pedigree of the founders and leadership of that pro-Obama group, which calls itself the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), is well documented. Yet it would appear from a recent press release from AHSA President Ray Schoenke that even he failed to realize that he was being used by a candidate who had every intention of aggressively pushing for gun control once he assumed power.

College students conduct role-playing exercise to demonstrate need for concealed carry on campus

The Washington Post is reporting that a group of pro-concealed carry students at James Madison University attempted to educate their peers recently with a bit of roll-playing.