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Obama issues call for gun ban
messages @whitehouse.gov ^ | 12/21/12 | Reed

Posted on 12/21/2012 9:40:04 AM PST by pabianice

A Message from President Obama about Your Petition on Reducing Gun Violence

In the days since the tragedy in Newtown, Americans from all over the country have called for action to deter mass shootings and reduce gun violence. Hundreds of thousands of you have signed petitions on We the People.

I'm writing you today to thank you for speaking up, to update you on an important development, and to encourage you to continue engaging with the White House on this critical issue.

First, you should know that President Obama is paying close to attention to the public response to this tragedy. In fact, he sat down to record a message specifically for those of you who have joined the conversation using We the People. Watch it now:

On Wednesday, the President outlined a series of first steps we can take to begin the work of ending this cycle of violence. This is what he said:

"We know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply held passions and political divides. And as I said on Sunday night, there's no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. We're going to need to work on making access to mental health care at least as easy as access to a gun. We're going to need to look more closely at a culture that all too often glorifies guns and violence. And any actions we must take must begin inside the home and inside our hearts.

But the fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing. The fact that we can't prevent every act of violence doesn't mean we can't steadily reduce the violence, and prevent the very worst violence."

Vice President Biden has been asked to work with members of the Administration, Congress, and the general public to come up with a set of concrete policy proposals by next month -- proposals the President intends to push swiftly. The President asked the Vice President to lead this effort in part because he wrote and passed the 1994 Crime Bill that helped law enforcement bring down the rate of violent crime in America. That bill included the assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004.

As the Vice President's Chief of Staff, I'm going to do everything I can to ensure we run a process that includes perspectives from all sides of the issue, which is why I wanted to respond to your petition myself. Two decades ago, as domestic policy adviser in the Clinton White House, I first worked with Joe Biden as he fought to enact the Crime Bill, the assault weapons ban, and the Brady Bill. I will never forget what a key role the voices of concerned citizens like you played in that vital process.

The President called on Congress to pass important legislation "banning the sale of military-style assault weapons," "banning the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips," and "requiring background checks before all gun purchases, so that criminals can’t take advantage of legal loopholes to buy a gun from somebody who won’t take the responsibility of doing a background check at all."

An issue this serious and complex isn't going to be resolved with a single legislative proposal or policy prescription. And let's be clear, any action we take will respect the Second Amendment. As the President said:

"Look, like the majority of Americans, I believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. This country has a strong tradition of gun ownership that's been handed down from generation to generation. Obviously across the country there are regional differences. There are differences between how people feel in urban areas and rural areas. And the fact is the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible -- they buy their guns legally and they use them safely, whether for hunting or sport shooting, collection or protection.

But you know what, I am also betting that the majority -- the vast majority -- of responsible, law-abiding gun owners would be some of the first to say that we should be able to keep an irresponsible, law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war. I'm willing to bet that they don't think that using a gun and using common sense are incompatible ideas -- that an unbalanced man shouldn't be able to get his hands on a military-style assault rifle so easily; that in this age of technology, we should be able to check someone's criminal records before he or she can check out at a gun show; that if we work harder to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be fewer atrocities like the one in Newtown -- or any of the lesser-known tragedies that visit small towns and big cities all across America every day."

The President said it best: "Ultimately if this effort is to succeed it's going to require the help of the American people -- it's going to require all of you. If we're going to change things, it's going to take a wave of Americans -- mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, pastors, law enforcement, mental health professionals -- and, yes, gun owners -- standing up and saying 'enough' on behalf of our kids."

So let's continue this conversation and get something meaningful done. If you have additional ideas and are interested in further engagement with the White House on this issue, please let us know and share your thoughts here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share-your-thoughts-reducing-gun-violence

Thank you for speaking out and staying involved. Stay Connected

Tell us what you think about this response and We the People.

Stay connected to the White House by signing up for periodic email updates from President Obama and other senior administration officials.


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1 posted on 12/21/2012 9:40:11 AM PST by pabianice
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To: pabianice

Nah, No Obama.


2 posted on 12/21/2012 9:44:42 AM PST by Red Steel (aL)
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To: Red Steel

FUBO!


3 posted on 12/21/2012 9:47:14 AM PST by Crim (Palin / West '12)
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To: pabianice

Get Rahm to fix Chicago using the Theories of Zer0 and then get back to us.


4 posted on 12/21/2012 9:50:34 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: pabianice

To Obama, The Democrats, the useful idiots who did not study history.

Our rights are not yours to take.


5 posted on 12/21/2012 9:51:38 AM PST by Mechanicos (When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
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To: pabianice
OBAMA: "We're going to need to work on making access to mental health care at least as easy as access to a gun (1). We're going to need to look more closely at a culture that all too often glorifies guns and violence (2). And any actions we must take must begin inside the home and inside our hearts (3)."

1. We will see things like prior prescriptions of Ritalin, void one's rights to own a weapon. Same thing for NSAID prescriptions, etc.

2. I'm sure we'll see people like that nutball Quentin Tarantino thrown in jail for incitement to violence with his movies. Nor will we see the computer geeks who write and sell violent video games be sanctioned.

3. Scariest of all. You'd think on the surface he's talking about attitudes. Far from it. It means they will try at some point to go through each recalcitrant's homes searching for violent weapons.

6 posted on 12/21/2012 9:53:09 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: pabianice
But the fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing.

Of course he means government doing nothing. But what if the problem is too complex for government (i.e. moral problem)? Or what if the proposed government action (gun bans) increase the problem? What if less government would actually improve the situation (i.e. eliminate gun-free zones)?

7 posted on 12/21/2012 9:54:13 AM PST by MulberryDraw (That which cannot be paid, won't be paid.)
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To: pabianice
This piece of crap Obama stole the election and now wants to steal our right to defend ourselves and the rest of our rights. It is a socialist dictator.

Democrats want to empower government and to take away our individual rights and freedom.

Democrats including the media, democrat politicians, and the Obama piece of crap want to make us slaves of the government. They are enraged that we can even own any thing like land or guns or have any rights at all. They want to control everything and that’s why they want the government to own everything so then the government has absolute power.

The individual is small and powerless. The government is huge with trillions of $ at its disposal. The government has guns, armies etc. But a democrat thinks the government is not powerful enough and a democrat always wants to give more power to government and to take away power and rights from the individual. Doesn’t a stupid liberal realize that it too is an individual and are fostering their own enslavement and dis-empowerment, giving up its own rights?

liberals/democrats trust government bureaucrats ,politicians and government with their lives. Government is their God and so they are socialists/statists.

government spent trillions funding decades of fake research for the global warming hoax . this shows government/socialism never works. also around only 7% of 8th graders CAn read , 93% can't read( again proves government schools don't work so gov doesn't work).Yet even here many are calling for arming the school idiots instead of abolishing the government schools completely. How about we educuate and protect our children in our homes or a private school instead of in government schools?

8 posted on 12/21/2012 9:54:13 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
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To: pabianice
obamacare gun
9 posted on 12/21/2012 9:58:16 AM PST by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: pabianice
Oh, he wants a dialogue. That's swell! Here's my input:

NO

10 posted on 12/21/2012 10:01:18 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: pabianice

Let’s ban guns in Chicago and see how that works.


11 posted on 12/21/2012 10:04:02 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: pabianice

Maybe someone needs to send him a copy of “Unintended Consequences”.


12 posted on 12/21/2012 10:04:24 AM PST by Gadsden1st
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To: pabianice
Does anyone here on FR honestly believe the 2nd Amendment will need to be repealed or modified BEFORE the gun grabber in the White Hut takes your guns? What is the Conservatives fall back positions - impeachment of the Clown by the RINOs in Congress? Come on now.............HA HA HA HA


They are coming for them and they will destroy the NRA in the process - will use EO, the EPA, DOJ, name your poison.
13 posted on 12/21/2012 10:07:28 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: pabianice

First ban giving them away to drug cartels and then call me back a$$hole!


14 posted on 12/21/2012 10:08:30 AM PST by The Toll
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To: pabianice

These people are idiots. The cretin in CT (I will not acknowledge his name)DID NOT BUY the firearms he used. HE STOLE THEM.

There are already laws on the books against this and they didn’t stop him, what makes these idiots think more laws will?


15 posted on 12/21/2012 10:10:30 AM PST by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Democrat_media
Obama is a muslim, the anti christ and commie dear leader who wants to be Hitler, he must be stopped now! Include the storm troopers in Washington DC who are in lock step with the piece of crap.
16 posted on 12/21/2012 10:20:24 AM PST by tiger63
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To: pabianice

This is a situation where you $hit in one hand and wish in the other to see which one fills the fastest.


17 posted on 12/21/2012 10:24:41 AM PST by Rappini (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: pabianice
...that in this age of technology, we should be able to check someone's criminal records before he or she can check out at a gun show...

Let's first test out the technology of this age by ensuring that all who vote are legally eligible, all who are working in the US are using their own SS number, and those who overstay or misuse their visa are located.
18 posted on 12/21/2012 10:25:08 AM PST by posterchild
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We will see things like prior prescriptions of Ritalin, void one's rights to own a weapon. Same thing for NSAID prescriptions, etc.

Yes, yes, yes.
I've started to post similar several times.
Mostly boys, drugged out in school. An entire class of 'not eligible to own a firearm' men. I'll bet that's exactly what is in the works.

19 posted on 12/21/2012 10:27:08 AM PST by Vinnie (A)
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To: pabianice

Just listened to LaPierre on Rush. Awesome, spot on and damning to the loony left and their enablers. They created the culture of Kill...and more and more you have to wonder if its deliberate, focused just to disarm the people.


20 posted on 12/21/2012 10:32:03 AM PST by Gasshog (Welcome to the United States of Stupidos!)
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