Yes one can say local govt. has a say. But what Obama doesn't understand about local govt. (to him it is inner cities) is that we are talking about adults, with all the right paper work and background checks. That is all that is needed for any city to base it's response to this gun deal...
And because of his liberal style, Obama has lost my vote. I mentioned earlier that we need more info on each running. I don't think either party has a qualified man running for the job. And both parties don't have your interest at heart, only their power and ability to make $!

McCain backs gun decision, Obama straddles issue: Gun ruling reverberates in presidential campaign - Yahoo! News

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - John McCain welcomed a Supreme Court decision invalidating a District of Columbia handgun ban. Barack Obama sought to straddle the subject by saying he favors an individual's right to bear firearms as well as a government's right to regulate them.
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The hotly contentious issue surfaced in the presidential campaign Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a constitutional right to own guns and struck down the 32-year-old D.C. ban.

McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, heralded the justices' action as "a landmark victory for Second Amendment freedom."

Voicing a stance that could help him woo conservatives and libertarians, McCain said, "This ruling does not mark the end of our struggle against those who seek to limit the rights of law-abiding citizens. We must always remain vigilant in defense of our freedoms."

His Democratic rival, Obama, issued a more carefully worded statement apparently aimed at both moderate voters and his liberal base. The statement from Obama, who has long said local governments should be able to regulate guns, did not specifically say whether Obama agreed with overturning the specific D.C. ban. But he said Thursday's ruling "will provide much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions across the country."

"I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms, but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through commonsense, effective safety measures," Obama said.

Decriminalizing heroin. cocaine and marijuana will do more to detract our inner city youth from brandishing weapons in order to protect their "territory", than any gun regulation.
As for the meth labs and addicts -shoot them. They're dead anyway. They just don't know it yet.

Other than that, I'd like to invite Senator Obama to spend a winter in eastern Idaho without benefit of welfare, and see if he doesn't appreciate the neighbors he doesn't even know who will drop off a deer shank or cut of elk meat. Many hunters donate meat to the poor through local food banks and churches.

Putz.

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Consumption is indeed important in a free economy: particularly the freedom of consumers to buy their goods in unhampered markets. However, key to long-term economic growth is investment (savings), which is the opposite of consumption. Public policies that promote consumption — such as low interest rates — do so at the expense of savings. Less savings means less investments; an economy that does not save or invest will consume all of its resources and eventually end up bankrupt.-David Saied

LOL saltwn, good answer but not workable except for the later about meth users.
I'm a Christian, but it is up to Jesus to accept these people. In fact the Bible speaks about these and other people and warns us to aviod them...

But to stay on topic. Once again both parties have given us the choice of two idots. And like idiot we will vote for both and one will win. And what changes? The name on the oval office desk!

But we can hope, right.....lol