Obama weeps as he pleads for ‘urgency’ of gun control

“A vast majority of the American people, including responsible gun owners who are sickened by the deaths of so many innocent people, agree with the common sense reforms announced today”.

So before a buyer picks up a gun ordered online, Bear Arms would first need an approved background check from that buyer. And if the buyer’s application is denied after that, it could be hard to get the firearm back from the buyer. Sullivan says his group is only focused on background checks. But there are some sellers at some gun shows that do not do the checks, and others who operate out of their homes, or even their cars, who should be conducting the checks but avoid it nonetheless. “It won’t happen during this Congress. It won’t happen during my presidency”, he said.

But the changes Obama is ordering fall far short of his sweeping goals of universal background checks or closing the so-called gun show loophole, which lets hobbyists and collectors get around the licensing system, in part because lawmakers would have to approve the funding for all the hiring.

Sales of guns in the USA appear to have risen recently amid speculation that the White House was going to tighten the law.

Taking on Republicans and the National Rifle Association directly, he decried the pro-gun lobby’s grip on Washington. Relatives say Abdulazeez had a history of mental illness, made a series of overseas trips and was arrested in April on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. “And with this new executive order, law abiding citizens will see no difference. So I’m hopeful this will help”.

“I was one of those people that thought it would never affect and one Sunday morning it did”, Kaleka said.

“I just think the whole thing is silly. The president is on pretty firm ground with this”.

“A violent felon can buy the exact same gun over the Internet with no background check”, Obama said through the TV screen. “But the fact of the matter is that if you want to acquire a gun and you’re a criminal, you’re not going to go to a dealer, you’re going to break into a house or get it somewhere else illegally”.

She argues that current law does not require people who sell guns privately or through flea markets to seek background checks for purchasers.

Corey: “President Obama has little respect for the rights of gun-owning Americans and even less respect for our Constitution”.

“If you cast a net and the fish swim through the holes, you don’t need a bigger net, you need tighter holes”, LaPierre said, “but when it comes to a background check system that’s missing the names of millions of prohibited people, the politicians don’t want to fix it they don’t tell you the truth”. “And if they don’t, they should be reminded that there are criminal penalties involved”. The Republican field formed a chorus of voices vowing to annul the whole package, with Marco Rubio claiming “Obama is obsessed with undermining the Second Amendment”. They are in denial about climate change and in paralyzing internal disagreement on immigration, and refuse to consider any new gun regulations. “So I don’t see a lot of basis for such a challenge”.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz repeated his promise to repeal all of Obama’s executive actions, including the latest ones on guns.

Although the gun measures Obama outlined during his remarks in the East Room of the White House are modest, he may have succeeded in what he said he wanted to do in the wake of a mass shooting in Roseburg, Ore., three months ago: politicize the issue of guns so that it becomes a prominent issue ahead of the 2016 election.