Whatcom County residents split on Obama’s gun control measures

“I think the president means well when he says he wants to give extra money, $500 million, by the way, is contingent upon Congress. But I think the president, if he really cared about mental health coverage and making sure those with mental illness weren’t left out in the community without treatment, he ought to issue an executive order on himself, because you see, the president of the United States is ignoring his own law”.

Obama called for stricter background checks to buy from gun shows and online retailers. “There are 300 million guns in America and millions of people got guns and they feel a little more secure with them”.

In an interview Tuesday, Barden said it was “very gratifying” to be back at the White House and called the measures “positive steps to protect our children and make our communities safer”. We wanted to know if the President’s executive order would change things for Kingsport police. A national Quinnipiac poll in September found that 93 percent of Americans favored “requiring background checks for all gun buyers”. His proposals are less ambitious than many gun safety advocates might hope for, but they could be the beginning of a sober conversation this nation should have started long ago.

“And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet”, the president said, pausing again as he flicked away a few tears. On Tuesday, the governor said officials with the federal government – which controls the watch lists – were still vetting the plan, but that he had the support of Obama. Similarly, why should someone who is involuntarily treated for suicidal impulses permanently lose his Second Amendment rights, especially if the aim is protecting the public from gun violence?

At a press conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, U.S. Sens.

Joe Tom White has been a gun show promoter for nearly 40 years, and he says President Obama’s executive order on gun control will have a negative effect on his business. The next president, however, can throw out any executive order.

“I’m pleased, but totally unsatisfied”, Murphy said. “Let’s say we approached that omnibus differently, and just extended it for two months”. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be harassed or intimidated for engaging in lawful, constitutionally-protected activity-nor will we allow them to become scapegoats for President Obama’s failed policies. “And the president is letting insurance companies off the hook”, Kennedy claimed.