Sometimes the answer isn't either/or, it's both/and.

[hedgehog]

Obama:

"When a student asks Obama for his views on the Second Amendment, he reminds his audience that he taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago and is thus familiar with the arguments regarding the right to bear arms. He acknowledges "a tradition of gun ownership in this country that can be respected," and says that his academic studies convinced him gun ownership "is an individual right and not just the right of a militia."

But he was not finished. "Like all rights, though, they are constrained by the needs and the rights of the community." Obama then spoke of 34 students who were killed on the streets of Chicago and called for sensible gun control to prevent senseless death. He speaks of the importance of parental involvement in education before listing the many ways in which he would expand the role of the federal government in the schools.

"For example, I think the impact of parents and communities is at least as significant as the amount of money that's put into education."


http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/463haksg.asp?pg=2