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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We’re ready
Such a hateful President
TRAITOR !!!!!
Ugh….
Sorry Robyn but 80 people killed a day in the US by gun violence is not acceptable.
Anyone remember that classic western..Hang em High
What about protecting ourselves in this very sick world. Do not agree at all.
I have no problem with that at all, but allowing people on the no fly list to buy guys is stupidity, and our congressmen vote no to passing a bill that would prevent that.
Marc, the good news is, no one is forcing you to own a gun, and I’m not mad at you because you don’t want a gun. Where you cross the line , is when you say you don’t like guns, so I shouldn’t be allowed to own guns!! That sir, is not for you to decide! Do some research as to why the 2nd amendment was written.
He wants to declare martial law. All he needs is an excuse.