Presidential Candidates To Get Secret Service Protection

[Double J]

What ever happened to the 14th Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause?
$35 million paid for by tax payer's to protect another citizen while the rest of us are left defenseless. As I understand it, a person running for an office, whether it be dog catcher or president is still just a citizen.
--At the very least you'd think these millionaire politicals could pay their own bills and hire their own body guards.
--Our own Governor here in Illinois has security. I bet they carry canceled also, while the GOV. himself opposes any CCW in Illinois.
--When do the rest of us get this " Equal Protection"?
--Maybe if they had to go grocery shopping in the Hood, without an armed escort they'd be a little less eager to promote Anti-Gun legislation.

 

[DWARREN123]

Many think they are above and more worthy than the rest of us so their opinions on CCW or just the 2A probably would not change.

 

[Manedwolf]

Since Obama has said that he wants to ban all semiautomatics, period, I think he's deserving of no armed protection at all. After all, they carry them.

 

[357 Python]

Manedwolf:
Since Obama doesn't like semi-autos give his protection team cartridge revolvers, cap and ball revolvers, or flintlocks. I can just see it now, something happens and someone on the team pulls a flintlock. That would be hilarious.

 

[C Philip]

Does anyone have an article or something about what an anti-gun person said when confronted on the fact that their own bodyguards use the very guns they want to ban? I would be interested to see how they responded. I agree with Double J, they should pay for their own bodyguards until they actually are the President.

 

[The Tourist]

Someone might have to google this, but about +/-12 years ago, Guns & Ammo had an article entitled "The Guns of the Anti-Gunners," or some such.

Not only did their protection staff own firearms, but the anti-gunners themselves owned pistols.

I believe this article stemmed from an anti-gun newspaper writer named Carl Rowan, who actually shot a home intruder. (I believe he lived in Washington D.C., if memory serves.)

Nice to know that Rev. Jesse Jackson had owned a .38 SPL.