But... Obama said he respects the 2nd Ammendment

Seen here on the new WhiteHouse.gov website, one can start to go through Obama's policy goals to anticipate what's going to happen in the next four years. Check out his Urban Policy for example: http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/urban_policy/

Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.

At first glance it doesn't sound so bad, strengthen law enforcement, always a good thing, right? It makes me feel good too to know that Obama and Biden both favor "commonsense measures" that keep guns away from children and criminals. I question now what type of measures other than requiring all guns be sold with cable locks, which they already do, or waiving that if they owner has a gun safe. How much more "childproof" can a gun be? I fear that more "childproof" "commonsense measures" will increase the cost of owning a gun, as well as make it more difficult to obtain one if the purchasing process is more complicated than the mandated 10 day waiting period that already exists, along with the Department of Justice background check that occurs during those ten days. Heck, one even has to take a "test" to obtain a DOJ Handgun Safety Certificate to even buy a pistol/revolver in the first place.

Lastly, I oppose any type of ban on weapons. I question since when did "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" mean that the Federal Government can ban "Assault Weapons" or simply stated when did the Government receive the authority to infringe on our right to keep and bear Arms? The Federal Government has no right to tell We the People what type of guns we can and cannot own. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is necessary to the Security of a Free State.

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. ...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson