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SUMMARY: PRESIDENT
OBAMA VS. CANDIDATE OBAMA
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06/30/2009 3:00 PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: ACTIONS IN OFFICE
  • Has not named gun policy or crime among his top domestic priorities
  • Attorney General Eric Holder supports reinstating the ban on sales of assault weapons, but the administration is not currently pushing for it
  • Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske supports focusing anti-drug policy on decreasing demand through prevention and treatment
  • Attorney General Holder said he will end raids on medical marijunana facilities in states where medical marijuana is legal
CANDIDATE OBAMA
ELECTION 2008
  • Supported reinstating the ban on sales of assault weapons
  • Said he supported the death penalty in more limited circumstances than it is currently used
  • Proposed to ease some drug sentencing requirements, but to keep all drugs illegal
  • Was undecided on medical marijuana
 
CANDIDATE McCAIN
ELECTION 2008
 
DEMOCRATS
IN CONGRESS
  • Most support renewing the recently-expired assault weapons ban and closing the "gun show loophole"
  • Few support federal legislation to repeal the death penalty
  • Split on drug legislation; some support harsh sentencing and others support rehabilitation rather than prison
 
REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS
  • Have not supported any new restrictions on gun sales or ownership in recent years
  • Opposed banning assault weapons and closing the "gun show loophole"
  • Do not support federal legislation to repeal the death penalty
  • Most support harsh sentences for the sale and possession of illegal drugs
 
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