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NRA runs anti-Obama ad citing “rapists, drug dealers” crossing the border
The National Rifle Association is airing an anti-Obama television ad in English and Spanish that links illegal immigrant criminals with gun rights.
The ad features Andy Vaquera, identified as a retired Texas police officer.
He says: “Families should be able to defend themselves against rapists, drug dealers and other criminals illegally crossing our borders. But Barack Obama didn’t think we should be allowed to use a firearm for self-defense. He even voted to allow the prosecution of people who used firearms to defend their families in their own homes. That’s just wrong.”
The ad is part of an aggressive NRA campaign against Obama that includes a Web site — http://www.gunbanobama.com.
The site claims that Obama would be the “most anti-gun president in American history.”
Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt recently told the LA Times that “Obama has always believed that the 2nd Amendment protects the individual right to own a firearm.”
See the NRA ad here.
Read an LA Times story about the NRA campaign here.
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