Obama tears into National Rifle Association over gun control

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now, but they can not hold America hostage”, Obama said when announcing his executive actions on gun control. Donald Trump, addressing a rally in Vermont just as Obama was holding the town hall, said he would eliminate gun-free zones in schools on his first day if elected to the White House. He’s attempting to shore up the Democratic liberal base before the next election and forestall the real possibility that his executive orders will be quickly reversed should a Republican win the White House. “That sentiment is particularly strong among gun owners, 75 (percent) of whom say they doubt the changes will reduce gun deaths”, CNN reported. “But now, because of events, they’ve been revitalized on it”.

On the Democratic presidential campaign trail, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen.

But Clinton did appeal to gun rights supporters during her 2008 primary with Obama, back when Obama was caught on tape talking dismissively about people who “cling” to guns and religion.

We’ve argued on The Fix before that Hillary Clinton is the party’s newest standard-bearer on guns and that, even before this campaign, she had a pretty solid gun control record.

Cox derided Obama’s push for more effective background checks for gun purchases in response to the December 2, 2015 San Bernardino terror attack, calling it a ploy “to impose more gun control on law-abiding Americans”.

The most telling statement about Obama’s proposed guidance came from his own Justice Department, which said the guidance “has no regulatory effect and is not meant to create or confer any rights, privileges or benefits in any matter, case or proceeding”. She’s since become even more vocal on the issue, regularly mentioning taking on the National Rifle Association in her stump speech and in debates.

Fast-forward to 2013: Manchin co-sponsored a bill with Sen.

Mr Obama broke down in tears during Tuesday’s speech when he referred to the 20 children who were among the 26 shot dead in the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre in CT, and to other mass shootings that have occurred during his presidency.

The measure fell six votes short in 2013. “I would hope that would agree with that”, he said. That support was bipartisan, with 88 percent of Democrats and 79 percent of Republicans favoring increased background checks. In fact, a recent Gallup poll found that “only 1 percent of respondents mentioned guns/gun control as a concern for most of the months in 2015”. Chicago has a crime problem because Chicago has too many criminals – not because IN provides those criminals with guns. “This gives him a chance to engage with people who are supportive and who question whether this is the right strategy”.

“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.

That prospect still may make some Democrats tread cautiously.

Although Obama’s executive measures were panned by virtually the entire Republican field of candidates, the president appears to be in line with the majority of Americans.