SirLiftsALatte
Plinker
Maybe I can put it in terms that you might be better able to understand.
If Barack Obama, as president, had said-
"I personally think that firearms are too readily available" He's speaking as a private citizen. You don't have to like what he said, but he is afforded that right.
But if he had said-
"Those gun owning nutcases, disagree with their president, and are the cause many violent deaths," then his is speaking from a position of power, concerning the 2nd Amendment. He is still afforded the right to speak that way, but his words should be viewed as an undesired use of office to attack the second amendment.
There is a difference.
Sounds like he should be attacking criminal behavior instead?.
Let's imagine that that 40% of McDonald's employees wanted to wear NRA hats for the first 15 minutes of their shift each day. If Obama were to suggest that it might not be in McDonald's interest to allow that, because the customers are there to eat crappy food, not be preached at regarding the BoR, then I would agree with him.
Edit: I can see your point regarding the nature and forcefulness of his rhetoric though. I think Trump would be more effective if he would try to make more rational and even tempered points.
But he is Trump. I'll take what I can get, sometimes.