Sure, but the NRA wasn't attacking him for having secret service protection for his kids. It was saying that his school had armed guards. The ad was just a lie. I think it is an important difference because people don't expect secret service protection for their kids but they might see an issue with the school guards.
I'm sure there are a lot of legitimate ways to attack Obama on gun rights, this doesn't seem like one though.
The whole point is depending on which end of the propaganda circus one chooses to believe there is one constant...the media's non-objective one-sided party affiliations, the NRA's ads, the President surrounding himself with kids while signing executive orders, they all amount to one thing: brainwashing and propaganda. The majority of people on this board from what I've observed fall right into this fallacy. Myself included at times.
I try not to buy into any of them and use my own judgment. I just happen to staunchly believe in the Constitution. It's really, for the most part, a simple document....it's very clearly written. I don't believe the gun ban or control movement will make any difference towards reducing violence and it's certainly not the government's role to dictate watering down an amendment. If it's not right then change the amendment. The current effort is all based in emotion and very little logic. In the end it's not just about guns but the slow erosion of all of our rights. The second amendment is very simply written but is being twisted and watered down. This equals a reduction in rights.
As far as Obama; I don't care what party he is affiliated with. I think he is overstepping his bounds to violate the Constitution...my opinion. In general, I don't think he has led effectively at all. He finger points and tells the American people it's another President's fault or the opposing party but he doesn't lead and really moderate/facilitate compromise. This campaign is something he can use to easily garner the much needed attention he needs as it's a very emotional subject. Kids were killed and it is horrible. That said, the fact remains that when this is all said and done, even if he gets what he really wants, the violence will continue and good citizens will lose more of their rights in the mix. Effective screening and better education will be much more effective with reducing violence but nothing is going to completely stop it. This is why it's even more important for people to be able to protect themselves and those they love.
When someone can logically tell me how further reducing our second amendment rights by restricting magazines and AR15s will stop deranged people from killing or simply utilizing another means to kill...I'm all ears. These weapons have already been banned and yet the violence continued. There is plenty of data to support this right now.
It baffles me how so many people are willing to blindly trust the federal government without any skepticism while not questioning motives or long term implications. Doesn't the proposal to register weapons in a national data base not raise alarm flags? Really? Which right is to be threatened next? Our fourth or first amendment rights? Too late, that's happening now as well.