Author: Buckeye Firearms Association

by Jeff Knox

I’m still reeling with dismay and confusion. How could so many of my fellow Americans choose to reelect someone who has proven to be totally unqualified for the job, if not downright destructive? It is unfathomable to me. I could offer up a litany of reasons why their choice was such a mistake, but most of you reading this know them all too well.

Even so, I’m still catching flak from some of our hard-line rights supporters for encouraging people to vote for Romney. They insist that since he has taken anti-rights positions in the past, that I should have declared a pox on both leading parties and gone Libertarian or some other third party. As I said before the election, this presidential race boiled down to two choices: do something to help Obama get reelected, or do something to keep Obama from being reelected. The only way to effectively help keep Obama from being reelected was to cast a vote for Romney, and encourage others to do the same – anything else helped Obama win.

So now we’re stuck with Obama for another four years, and somewhere around 11:00 [on election] night, most of us began wondering what that will really mean. What’s next? Those of us concerned about gun owner rights didn’t have to wait long for that question to begin to be answered. First thing Wednesday morning the United Nations, with U.S. encouragement, decided to reopen discussions on an international arms trade treaty. The treaty talks were derailed in July when the US and several other countries requested more time to work on it.

Many believed that move was politically motivated, with Obama not wanting a high-profile vote in favor of gun restrictions on his record just before the elections. New treaty talks are scheduled for late March.

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