....criticism from pro-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms types. In all fairness, Hillary is just as weak.
His official position:
From: www.barackobama.com/issues/additional/Obama_FactSheet_Western_Sportsmen.pdf
Supporting the Rights and Traditions of Sportsmen
PROTECTING GUN RIGHTS
Respect the Second Amendment: Millions of hunters own and use guns each year. Millions more participate in a variety of shooting sports such as sporting clays, skeet, target and trap shooting that may not necessarily involve hunting. As a former constitutional law professor, Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he greatly respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport, and use guns for the purposes of hunting and target shooting. He also believes that the right is subject to reasonable and commonsense regulation.
This is odd. His position that the 2nd is in individual right and we can bear arms, but he will only protect the rights of hunters and target shooters and not people who keep and bear arms for self-defense. Now it may be fair to say that he doesn't address self-defense because the statement is only about hunting and target shooting, but I don't think he has a position statement on the 2nd Amendment and self-defense. Self-defense > hunting.