It's not that they don't like him...it's that they don't trust him.

It's not that those who applaud defeat of Obama's gun restriction initiatives ("gun safety" is so Orwellian a misnomer that one might think the Democrats had hired Frank Luntz) were defeated hate him.  Yes many do, but many do not.  Fact is that they do not trust him on this issue because he has spoken out of both sides of his face on it.  Indeed, his shameless use of this tragedy has lead me to question my support of him - to see duplicity in many of his other projects.  I supported many of his policies and initiatives aimed at increasing life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness through his first term.  But his manipulative use of the Sandy Hook tragedy has made clear a larger goal and, regardless of all protestations to the contrary, it is clear that Obama and others (Schumer, Feinstein, so on - not to mention Bloomberg) have a clear agenda of ultimately and effectively repealing the second amendment and prohibiting private firearms ownership.  They seek the Australian or English solution - which, of course, is no solution at all.  Universal (or expanded) background checks represent nothing more than a foot in the door leading to a laundry list of further restrictions that will ultimately lead to prohibition.  They have said as much; if they had not - if Feinsten had not lead with the idea of banning certain weapons - the perhaps the reaction would have been different.  But now the conclusion seems inescapable - he and his minions are simply trying to boil the frog by turning up the fire one degree at a time.  Get this now and when it has become the new "normal" move to the next level of restriction.  Best time to stop that is not to let them put you in the pot.

So, yes, there are those who hate him and there are those who distrust him on this issue.  I have hated some of the obstructionism of Republicans on previous issues - sometimes it seemed that they desired only his failure, were guided by no values.  They would even reject their own proposals. But when it comes to the protection of our basic rights, my right not to be disarmed because of the deed of evil people, I applaud them for taking any action necessary to keep Obama and the Democrats attempts in check.  Frankly, this many of us cannot abide.