What do a radical South Side Chicago priest who has demanded
that law-abiding firearms dealers and state legislators be
"snuffed out" and Chicago's political boss, who is "livid"
and "outraged" over the Supreme Court's recognition of the
Second Amendment, have in common?

Influence over Barack Obama.

In the case of Mayor Richard S. Daley - who heads the
toughest, most powerful urban political machine in the
nation - his early primary endorsement of freshman U.S.
Senator Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination for the
presidency requires a big political payback. And I suspect
that payback will involve our gun rights of Obama takes the
White House in November.

When the Supreme Court issued its historic landmark decision
in June striking down the District of Columbia gun ban as
violating the individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Mayor
Daley issued a five-minute diatribe.

As the "Chicago Tribune", which immediately demanded the
repeal of the Second Amendment, put it: "In railing against
the Supreme Court ruling, Daley stressed the danger of
private gun ownership ... ."

Alluding to the urban gun-ban cabal headed by his New York
colleague Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Daley sputtered, "Every
mayor will be outraged over this. Why should we allow more
and more guns in our homes? Could you see everyone having
guns in their home?"

With the extraordinary victory for the nation's gun owners,
the Supreme Court recognized that all peaceable, law-abiding
Americans should indeed have that choice.

If Daley had his way, he wouldn't "allow" a single gun in
any home. Recently, in Los Angeles, he said, "It is about
time that America wakes up and says ... we can outlaw
smoking in a bar so quickly, yet you cannot outlaw guns in
America." And at another rally he screamed: "NO GUNS IN THE
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA!"

Daley is a defendant in NRNA's lawsuit to throw out the
Chicago ban, which is virtually identical to the
unconstitutional D.C. ban.

Time and time again, Obama has said the Chicago ban is in
line with his vision of the Second Amendment.

No matter how much Obama wraps himself in empty words about
the Second Amendment, know him by the friends he keeps -
like Dick Daley.

And that brings me to the radical priest, Michael Pfleger.

On May 27, 2007, with a mob of 1,000 gun-ban radicals
cheering him on - blocking the entrance to Chuck's Gun Shop
and Range in Riverdale, IL, a suburb of Chicago - Pfleger
screamed a clear death threat against the owner.

"John Riggio. R-I-G-G-I-O. We're going to find you and
snuff you out ... like a rat - we're going to catch you and
pull you out ... whatever it takes to shut this gun store
down ... We're gonna snuff out John Riggio ... "We're gonna
snuff out legislators who are against our gun laws."

I have never encountered such hatred. Pfleger's words were
recognized as death threats by Chicago's Cardinal George who
issued a rebuke - saying, "publicly delivering a threat
against anyone's life betrays the civil order and is morally
outrageous, especially if this threat came from a priest."

Why is this radical priest so important with the coming
election? Because Fr. Pfleger is a key long-time advisor to
Sen. Obama, who in turn procured for Pfleger a $225,000
grant from the state and a $100,000 earmark from the federal
government. Pfleger is a financial contributor to Obama's
campaigns.

In a "Chicago Sun-Times" article touting Obama's faith - in
which he stressed the importance of close advisors in
"maintaining your moral compass" - the newspaper declared:

"Friends and advisors such as the Rev. Michael Pfleger ...
who has known Obama for the better part of 20 years, help
him keep that moral compass set, he [Obama] says."

Most Americans never heard of Michael Pfleger until
videotapes surfaced of a racist rant on Obama's behalf
mocking Hillary Clinton. The performance by Fr. Pfleger was
at the invitation of Obama's Trinity United Church of
Christ, made infamous by its America-hating pastor Jeremiah
Wright, with his diatribes declaring, "God Bless America?
No! No! No! God D--- America!"

After weeks of dithering as to whether to leave Wright's
Trinity, it was only Fr. Pfleger's Hillary-smearing rant
that ultimately caused Obama to quit.

Yet Obama was silent on Pfleger's "snuff" threats.

But then closing down law-abiding gun stores is part of
Obama's real Second Amendment vision. He has proposed a law
banning federally licensed firearm dealers from operating
within five miles of a school or park. Think about almost
any community in America and what that would mean.

There are those who say guild by association is unfair. To
them I would say, 20 years with these men as Obama's closest
confidants and spiritual advisors cannot be discounted.

When it comes to the Second Amendment, the company Obama
keeps speaks more than his own words. They would destroy
the Second Amendment and so would Obama, the candidate.

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The above was written by Wayne La Pierre and published in
the Sept. 2008 issues of the NRA's magazines.

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La Pierre didn't even mention Obama's long association with
the American terrorist, William Ayres nor Obama's term on
the board of directors of The Joyce Foundation. The Joyce
Foundation has funneled millions to various anti-Second
Amendment and anti-hunting organizations for decades.

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Now awaiting the vulgar playground name-calling and
derogatory remarks from the usual suspects. Have fun, you
over-aged children.