Obama has supported (limited) gun ownership to a greater degree than Clinton(despite her recent claims to having learned to shoot in her childhood).
What his supporters claim he meant was that that frustrated rural voters are being distracted from the real causes of their anger (or bitterness) by focusing on issues such as gun control, immigration, us vs.them, gay marriage and the like, and taking refuge in their faith and their family because they have lost confidence that their economic plight will be addressed by politicians. His comments could certainly be open to very
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different interpretations than the ones offered by his supporters, but they would be in line with his general message. And, yes, they were very poorly phrased.
By the way, I just finished reading an interview with Lance Amstrong
Texas had a big stake in the Democratic presidential campaign last month. Did it surprise you that Hillary won?
What we saw in Texas is it's a black and Latino issue. You would think they would be aligned on this, but they weren't. If I was Barack's campaign manager, I'd be getting him some Spanish lessons on iTunes right now.
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Shifting Gears - The Boston Globe
It does not sound very different from some of the remarks made by Obama.
I agree that the African-Americans from the South Side of Chicago are very different from the lower middle class whites in PA; but my general point that Obama's work (and lack of wealth) has made him far more familiar with the issues confronting the poor than McCain or Clinton still stands.