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Scroll down for video of the president. A website set up by the White House to solicit petitions has been flooded in the wake of last Friday's gun massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, and today, President Obama issued a video response to petitioners, indicating that he hears the outpouring loud and clear. "We hear you," said Mr. Obama. "Like the majority of Americans, I believe the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms...It's encouraging that many gun owners have stepped up this week to say there are steps we can take to prevent more tragedies like the one in Newtown - steps that both protect our rights and protect our kids." "This week I called on Congress to take up and pass common sense legislation that has the support of a majority of the American people, including banning the sale of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips." The president also referenced the gun violence task force he created, chaired by Vice President Biden, that has been tasked with generating policy ideas about how to reduce gun violence. "I can't do it alone, I need your help," explained the president. "If we're going to succeed, it's going to take a sustained effort from mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, law enforcement and responsible gun owners, organizing, speaking up, calling their members of Congress as many times as it takes, standing up and saying 'enough' on behalf of all our kids." Over 400,000 signatures have been collected on petitions related to gun violence since the tragedy in Connecticut - one of the petitions was the fastest ever to reach the 25,000 signature threshold that would compel a response from the White House. One typical petition urges the White House to "Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress." "The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns. While a national dialogue is critical, laws are the only means in which we can reduce the number of people murdered in gun related deaths," reads the petition. "Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution's intended purpose of the right to bear arms. Therefore, Congress must act on what is stated law, and face the reality that access to firearms reaches beyond what the Second Amendment intends to achieve." |
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Duwayne LeDoux said on Friday, Dec 21 at 8:57 AM
its not the guns..omg let me get this straight..we as americans have a man running our country..that lacks common sense..oohhh please say we dont...were in big trouble here if this is the common sense of our leader...big trouble
109748956Brent olson said on Friday, Dec 21 at 9:52 AM
Whether self defense or defense against a Tyrranical government, the second ammendment gives me the right to have the same capability as said tyrranical government. sad when people will give up liberty for false security. surely they will lose both.
109754486A principal and his gun said on Friday, Dec 21 at 11:45 AM
Vice Principal Joel Myrick held his Colt .45 point blank to the high school boy's head. Last week, he told me what it was like. "I said 'why are you shooting my kids?' He said it was because nobody liked him and everything seemed hopeless," Myrick said. "Then I asked him his name. He said 'you know me, Mr. Myrick. Remember? I gave you a discount on your pizza delivery last week." The shooter was Luke Woodham. On that day in 1997, Woodham slit his mother's throat then grabbed a .30-30 lever action deer rifle. He packed the pockets of his trench coat with ammo and headed off to Pearl High School, in Pearl, Miss. read more....wait you can't, it's these stories they want to hide. Google the names.
109764796Arm the all said on Friday, Dec 21 at 5:19 PM
Allow a open carry or a CCW to ever person who is allowed under current laws to do so. Make a law that that says something along the lines of every person can and should carry. Then do not give the person any fame with the media reporting all the news. The only time a name/picture shouldbe released if they are on the loose and neeed the public to help find / shoot them. That should curb these type of things.
109784106Dan Harrington said on Friday, Dec 21 at 5:25 PM
Repeatedly, history has shown us that governments that disarm their citizens will see dramatic increases in violence. History has also shown us that often times these governments will soon after be inprisoning and or killing those that oppose them. I cannot trust the current regime to not follow in the footsteps of the latter.
109784366Straight and simple said on Friday, Dec 21 at 6:14 PM
Straight and simple the 2nd amendment if he takes guns away that's unconstitutional.
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