Obama’s Action On Gun Control Would Change Little In Oregon, Washington

State Senate President Martin Looney of New Haven and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp-who as a state senator helped lead Looney the legislative effort to respond to the Sandy Hook school massacre-“embraced” President Barack Obama’s gun control announcement Tuesday.

Obama’s order boils down to doing what gun rights supporters have been urging him to do all along: Enforce the laws that are already on the books. “And with more than 30,000 gun deaths every year, we think that urgency is real, and we think Congress should see that too”.

Like many Republicans, Issa – who represents a district covering parts of San Diego and Orange counties – said he wants Obama to work with Congress. The president said yesterday, and has stated numerous times in the past, that he can not wait for Congress to act. Obama is also calling on Congress to invest $500 million to widen access to mental health services.

But Obama, entering his eighth and previous year in office, has said his measures are within his authority and consistent with the Constitution.

But, he added optimistically: “A lot of things don’t happen overnight”. “And we have to be able to balance them”, said Obama in the White House East Room Tuesday, flanked by relatives of those struck down in mass shootings. While Goddard applauded the president for adding more ATF agents, FBI investigators, and investing in smart gun technology, he said the president’s effort to expand background checks fell short. James Reynolds, the president of Proactive Shooters Firearms Training, called expanded background checks a burden for gun buyers, and said it interferes with citizens’ ability to buy or sell their own personal property.

It requires all gun sellers to have a license to do so.

The President paused to wipe away a few tears.

Hoping to give the issue a human face, the White House assembled a cross-section of Americans affected by recent gun tragedies.

Obama was introduced by Mark Barden, the father of Daniel Barden, one of the 20 students killed in Newtown.

Opponents are promising to fight them, although the president said he’s confident the actions will withstand any legal challenges. “This hostility toward the Second Amendment has been an unfortunate hallmark of his presidency”. He says his actions are consistent to with the constitutional right to bear arms and also notes that he taught constitutional law.

“His words and actions amount to a form of intimidation that undermines liberty”, he said.