“Yes, that is a conspiracy”, Obama said. They likely wouldn’t. Isn’t it at least conceivable that someone bent on mass murder would take advantage of gun-free zones, knowing that there would be no one in them who could offer much resistance?
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The Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina on Chicago’s South Side, also posed a question to the president, thanking Obama for his “courage” in pushing for new gun control laws, but asking why guns can’t carry titles like automobiles. It does call for more thorough, more universal background checks of potential gun buyers – a provision that enjoys overwhelming support among Americans, including gun owners and conservative Republicans. The televised public discussion strategy is often used by political candidates hoping to win votes but political experts believe Thursday’s event could convince a small minority of Americans to re-consider their opinions of gun reform.
Warren, along with Congressman Seth Moulton from Salem and three other Congressional Democrats, joined White House advisor Valerie Jarrett on a conference call to promote the president’s actions aimed at reducing gun violence, which Jarrett said claims 30,000 lives every year. The president and some lawmakers have stated they are confident the actions are allowed under the law. This 67 percent is a far cry from the support background checks enjoyed just after the heinous attack on Sandy Hook. “Guns move across city and state lines and all too easily from legal ownership to criminal possession”.
Having listened to President Obama speaking about the new gun “initiatives” that he and his advisers will be “rolling out in the next several days”, I feel it is important to make clear some untrue and misleading statements in his speech.
There have been 208 deaths due to gun violence in the United States already this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit organisation that publishes information about gun violence. White House officials said the president welcomes the chance to have that debate.
McBath says expanding background checks on gun sellers is a common sense solution to decreasing the number of people shot and killed every day. “I don’t know what the [gun industry] is going to be like going forward”.
Obama’s actions on guns have drawn major attention in the presidential campaign, with the Democratic candidates backing Obama and the Republicans unanimously voicing opposition.
“It’s the only time I’ve ever seen the Secret Service cry on duty”, he said, adding that he also felt for soldiers returning from duty and the families of law enforcement officers. Still, the president said he was “happy” to meet with the NRA to discuss his proposals. He ignores confirmed facts that current gun laws, if enforced, along with the new, stricter gun dealer licensing requirements, would not have prevented those horrendous shootings.
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Still, the group pushed back on Obama in real time on Twitter, noting in one tweet that “none of the president’s orders would have stopped any of the recent mass shootings”.
