While speaking in Iowa, Obama said gun control was needed in the cities, but in the country, well, there’s a need for guns out there:
“We should be able to combine respect for those traditions with our concern for kids who are being shot down. This is a classic example of us just applying some common sense, just being reasonable, right? And reasonable would say that lawful gun owners – I respect the Second Amendment. I think lawful gun owners should be able to hunt, be sportsmen, protect their families.
“And by the way, Michelle, my wife, she was traveling up, I think, in eastern Iowa, she was driving through this nice, beautiful area, going through all this farmland and hills and rivers and she said ‘Boy, it’s really pretty up here,’ but she said, ‘But you know, I can see why if I was living out here, I’d want a gun. Because, you know, 911 is going to take some time before somebody responds. You know what I mean? You know, it’s like five miles between every house.’
And the cops are right there when you need them in Chicago, right Michelle? The Founding Fathers did not create two Constitutions, one for the city and one for the country. There are more instances of armed citizens defending themselves with a gun than there are criminals committing a crime with a gun. They have a place in the city also.
