The Patriot Post® · Obama: Carrying Guns 'Giving in to Anger'

While speaking on the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, Barack Obama said carrying a firearm is giving in to anger. During a White House press conference, the president remarked, “While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving in to that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police, only deserves to raise tensions and stir chaos, it undermines, rather than advancing justice.” Obama ignored the story of how shop owners in Ferguson are protecting their property with – you guessed it – guns. Are those shop owners giving in to anger? Obama’s asinine comments recall his 2008 gaffe, when he claimed his opponents “get bitter [and] they cling to guns or religion.” The president should quit giving in to his anger toward gun owners. More…