Obama is trying to use them as the foil. He wants to either blame them for “unreasonable demands” and let things fail and point the finger or be able to say “even the NRA agrees with my proposals” as a way to shift it on them.
He is too cute by half w his crappola and many see right though this.
This is the same thing that all conservative polls need to treat the media -
they are the enemy, seeking to destroy freedom in America, why should I meet with them?