The president dismissed gun owners’ concerns that gun control legislation could be a stepping stone to gun confiscation in the U.S., saying “I am constrained by a system our founders put in place.”That's not how a President should talk about Constitutional guarantees of individual liberties in the Bill of Rights. What he ought to have said is, "Your rights to bear arms are protected by the Constitution, and I have sworn an oath to protect them." The rhetoric of "constraint" is negative, as if he is saying, "it would be great if I didn't have these pesky Constitutional constraints, but I do, so I can't do what I would like to do... confiscate your guns."
Oh, and by the way:
I, I, I, I, me, me, me, me.
L'etat, c'est moi!
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