Monday, January 14, 2013

Obama On Guns At Press Conference


President Obama had his last press conference of his first administration this morning. Among the questions asked was one by ABC News' Jonathan Karl. Karl specifically asked Obama "what are you willing to do, or able to do, using the powers of your presidency to act without Congress?"

Obama responded with mention of improvements in data collection and tracking. He then said the administration would be pushing legislation that was "common-sense" dealing with regulation and "gun safety". He consistently tried to use the words "common-sense", "sensible", and "responsible" throughout his answers. He also accused his opponents of trying to fan the fears about gun control.

One thing I think we will be seeing from both the administration and the gun prohibitionist groups is an effort to equate gun control with gun safety. Obviously they are not one and the same but you would never know that from listening to Obama. Moreover, and you won't hear it from them, but that group "fanning the fears" does more for gun safety through the Eddie Eagle program and other training programs than any of them will ever do.

The video from the press conference is below:


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3 comments:

  1. DamDocJanuary 14, 2013 at 1:40 PM

    This is what we get because intransigents refused to vote for a Morman or because the alternative wasnt exactly who they wanted. Elections have consequences.

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  2. IkeJanuary 14, 2013 at 3:35 PM

    "A fear that's fanned...." - right, by Senator Feinstein threatening to confiscate.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:13 PM

    With 300 million firearms in private hands (one-third of them pistols), the overwhelming majority of gun owners ARE responsible, law-abiding citizens, which is why horrific massacres are not commonplace, but rather terrible outliers that can never be legislated away (e.g. DC, Chicago, and “Gun Free Zones”).

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