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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The Polish people and the Russian people defeated communism,without guns and without killing. It is not true that unarmed people have no ,power.
Bloomberg needs to keep his nose out of our business he has guards with guns he just being a hypocrite.
If you are going to make comments about people having low IQ scores you might want to learn how to spell correctly and the correct use of new vs. knew.
Only morons use statements such as you. If your only defense is a spelling typo, you should get a life. Learn the difference between a typo and not knowing how to spell correctly.
Trump all the way to the White House.
Can you believe this tool? By his own admission this action can do very little to solve the problem of criminals getting their hands on guns. We have much more pressing problems right now.
#1 border security, and immigration control.
#2 the economy 2% growth in not enough to keep up with population growth with all the illegal immigrants flooding in.
#3 foreign policy has never been so feckless and poorly executed. John Kerry is out of touch with reality.
The old saying about if you screw with the bull you get the horns ..,
Michael Mitchel. Not everyone is as smart as your self. How would the world get by without people like you , nexr time i will make sure my spell check is working.
maybe if congress would work with him in the slightest bit anything that he proposes, instead of just shutting him down on the principle that they dont want to work with him then executive orders wouldnt be necessary. This congress has done less then any i can remember
Yes Breandan it doesn’t make you a Catholic. What’s your point?
Obama is trying his best to start a civil war