<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/the_campaign_trailers/2008/09/nra-obama-wants.html" target="_blank">US Campaign Trail: NRA - Obama wants to steal your guns</a>
A new ad campaign by the National Rifle Association falsely accuses Obama of wanting to "ban use of firearms for home defense, ban possession and manufacture of handguns, close 90 per cent of gun shops and ban hunting ammunition," reports FactCheck.org, a watchdog linked to neither party that exposes false statements made by both campaigns.
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