Majority Oppose Use Of Executive Actions For Gun Control — CNN Poll

That led to a discussion of whether the government was conspiring to take away Americans’ guns. The president’s executive actions are expected in the coming weeks.

“Part of the reason is that the NRA has convinced many of its members that somebody is going to come get your guns”, Obama said after admitting that his presidency had been good for gun manufacturers. I respect the right to bear arms.

White said these calls are from anxious gun sellers who are trying to sell their merchandise quick. “You certainly would like to make it a little harder for that assailant to have also had a gun”, he said.

The reason for such recklessness with the gun industry, Obama argued, is “the gun lobby’s decades of efforts”, which has held Congress captive and prevented even basic research into gun violence by the government. Gun violence has prompted some of President Obama’s most intense public emotion, including at a memorial after a Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting last June and after an OR community college shooting last October.

“There’s a very serious concern in this country about personal security”, he added.

KYLE:…of murders. We’re at an all-time high of gun ownership, right? “They are just down the street”.

The Republican frontrunner told the crowd: “You know what a gun-free zone is for a sicko?”

Donald Trump, addressing a rally in Vermont, said he would eliminate gun-free zones in schools on his first day if elected to the White House. 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. He was joined by gun control activists and the families of gun victims.

The town hall was organized by CNN.

But several gun owners peppered Obama with arguments against his gun rule proposals.

The College Republican Federation Of Virginia is gathering demonstrators near the auditorium for a “peaceful protest to support our Constitutional rights”.

“I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids”.

Obama, who will devote time this year to campaigning for Democrats running for November elections, vowed he would not campaign for any candidate who did not back gun reforms.

“Even as I continue to take every action possible as president, I will also take every action I can as a citizen”, he said in an opinion column published by the New York Times.

The event took place at George Mason University, just 3 miles west of the NRA’s national headquarters in Fairfax, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C.

A combative Barack Obama took to television late on Thursday to cement support for his new raft of firearms legislation.

Speaking at a CNN town hall on gun violence in America, Obama says he can understand why an Iowan living in a rural area would want to own a gun for protection, while gun ownership in Chicago can be more risky.