He also called on gun manufacturers to bring guns up to the “high standards” American consumers have come to expect.
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“If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over the top, and so overheated”, Obama said. “I only have another year!” “When would I have started on this enterprise?”
Obama faced a range of pointed questions Thursday night at George Mason University from gun-rights advocates and critics, as well as from Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who survived being shot in the head while talking to constituents in her Arizona district in 2011.
“There’s a reason why the NRA’s not here”.
The NRA sat out the town hall, aired live on CNN from a university just miles (km) from the group’s Virginia headquarters, calling it a “public relations spectacle”.
“I think it’s very important for us not to suggest that if we can’t solve every crime we shouldn’t solve any crimes”, he said to audience applause during a primetime town hall forum hosted by CNN.
Under President Barack Obama’s executive order, anyone buying guns online must go through a background check. “He used it as an opportunity to impose more gun control on law abiding Americans”. Asked how business has been since Obama took office, Kris Jacob, vice president of the group, replied: “It’s been busy”.
“This president can talk about background checks all day long”, Cox added.
Almost five years ago, his son was murdered when someone fired shots through the door of an upstairs apartment in a West Side apartment building.
That list could include Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, who voted against gun reform in 2013.
Opponents, including Republicans in the 2016 presidential race, have claimed that Obama’s moves are just a veiled attempt to take guns away from law-abiding Americans who want to defend themselves and to water down the constitutional right to bear arms.
Mike Weisman is on the board of the Illinois State Rifle Association.
But Dyer and others who have lost loved ones want to see something done. And I don’t blame the government, because there is only one person to blame here: “The man or woman who made a decision to kill”, Kyle wrote.
“You know what a gun-free zone is to a sicko?”
Mr Obama’s attack on the NRA came two days after unveiling a package aimed at keeping guns from people who should not have them. His plan would change the definition of which gun sellers must apply for a federal dealer’s license and consequently conduct background checks on prospective purchasers.
58% of likely USA voters say the government should only do what the president and Congress agree on when it comes to gun control.
CNN tells Newsweek the network first reached out to the White House about the idea after the deadly December 2 shooting in San Bernardino, California.
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US President Barack Obama has introduced a new gun control strategy to curb violence in the nation.
