Posted on 01/05/2016 2:20:33 PM PST by HomerBohn
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Wiping back tears as he remembered children killed in a mass shooting, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered stricter gun rules that he can impose without Congress and urged American voters to reject pro-gun candidates.
Obama made it clear he does not expect gun laws to change during his remaining year in office, but pledged to do what he can to make gun control a theme in the months leading up to the November election to replace him.
In a powerful address in the White House, surrounded by family members of people killed in shootings, Obama's voice rose to a yell as he said the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms needed to be balanced by the right to worship, gather peacefully and live their lives.
Obama has often said his toughest time in office was grappling with the December 2012 massacre of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
"Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad," Obama said, tears rolling down his cheek.
"That changed me, that day," he said, after being introduced by Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son was killed in the shooting. "My hope earnestly has been that it would change the country."
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REPUBLICANS VOW TO FIGHT
Republican leaders were quick to denounce Obama's gun changes, with most Republican candidates for the 2016 presidential race promising to reverse his actions if they win the White House.
Democratic candidates praised the moves.
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People often cry because they are thinking about something else, not the subject being discussed. Something is bothering him, and we will never know why he was crying like a baby. He looks like he needs some help. He should be well rested after playing golf in Hawaii on vacation.
What a fake turd. Subtract suicides and black crimes, and we are more peaceful that the Euro-sissies Obama wants to emulate.
...He didn’t cry over Kathryn Steinle...
And I can’t remember a single time be shed a public tear when speaking of victims of Islamic terrorists or when talking in public about our military members who were wounded or killed since be has been Commander in Chief.
Liberal tears are very selective.
dont most people cry when they have a large/peeled onion 12 inches away from them?
Moments later he was smiling as someone shoved a carrot up his backside.
He appears to be constantly on drugs as he begins to despair over his murdered lover.
What could Americans who care do about this miserable excuse for a human being when the Congress sits back on their asses wanking away their time until they retire?
He really looks demonic.
Barry's not afraid of hard work. He can lie down next to it and go right to sleep. Time for another vacay ain't it?
You had raw onion around, too?
Hmm, wonder why that is?
It was the menthol in the Vaseline.
Hubert Selby Jr could have written that whole Chicago nightmare.
Just channeling his inner Ed Muskie?
he is sickening ....what a wimp , what a pussy , what a poser
I don’t know how you can actually sit through something like that, watching him deliver that repulsive act of his on television. If someone is able to sit through more than two minutes of their own time watching that sort of thing on CNN or Fox, they are very troubled.
Makes you wonder what the script on the teleprompter looked like for this one.
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