As the Obama Administration prepares to tighten access to guns, the President met Wednesday with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to help complete the executive order that would expand background checks on gun sales while closing the “gun show loophole”.
Bloomberg is only one of many gun control advocates the president has met with in recent weeks. The order, which is currently caught in a web of legal and administrative questions is currently without a timeline.
However, even as he works to chip away at another constitutional right, a new survey is showing falling support for a ban on assault weapons, which both Obama and Bloomberg are currently advocating as a means to prevent gun-related deaths. Hillary Clinton also pushed for an assault ban during a campaign speech earlier this week.
In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut, Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns group turned into Everytown for Gun Safety with the expectations of being able to stand against the NRA. The group spent millions, most of which came from Bloomberg’s own fortune, only to fall just short of their goals on several different occasions.
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Define ” Assault rifle” please.
They both have a lot of ARMED body guards.
Go ahead, stupid, poke the bull…see what you’ll get.
Barry Bellomy….think you got your wars mixed up…and your made up facts are way off….unless your a nazi
To relinquish one rite is to relinquish them all. Without the second amendment in the hands of the people the rest are worthless
Any snipers out there
Not without something he doesn’t want.
He needs to be removed from office and deported, now!
keep pokin da bear yo!
Did not work for them very well in CONNECTICUT why do they think it would work for them in the rest of the states.