Posted on 01/18/2013 2:31:46 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
A somber President Obama, launching a public campaign Wednesday for a package of gun-control measures that is likely to face very tough opposition in Congress, signaled that he was prepared to go over the heads of lawmakers to push for his proposals...
Obama’s proposal includes a requirement for universal background checks for all firearms purchases.
“This is common sense, and an overwhelming majority of Americans agree with us,” the president said, citing a survey that he said indicated that 70 percent of National Rifle Assn. members support such a move. The NRA has repeatedly blocked past efforts to require universal background checks. As a result, those checks are not required for about 40 percent of guns sales—including those at gun shows and private transfers.
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Good to know.
He’s in way over his head, digging at the bottom of a deep hole in very sandy soil, to build his castle made of sand.
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