Will Obama mention gun control in his State of the Union?

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[Red in Blue PA]

Now that Dick Cheney has opened the door to tighter gun restrictions, will President Barack Obama do the same?

That politically dicey question is playing out behind the scenes in the run-up to next week’s State of the Union. In the aftermath of the Tucson shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and federal Judge John Roll, gun control groups and some Democratic members of Congress are pushing to get the president to directly address the issue of gun violence in his speech to Congress next Tuesday, according to gun control advocates and congressional aides, who asked for anonymity.

Some Democratic party donors are also being urged to weigh in as part of a quiet lobbying effort to prod the president to finally speak out on an issue that he has studiously avoided since taking office, the advocates say.

“There’s a major push to get [Obama] to say something on this,” said Chad Ramsey, legislative director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a leading gun control group. “We’ve been told he will say something, but we’re not sure how strong it will be.”

[Carley]

NO.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

WTF did Dick "Deadeye" Cheney say?

[ozzymandus]

If he does, he will piss off a lot of people.

[JPG]

When Gore ran for pres in ‘00 he lost his home state on TN. The Rats attributed that loss in part to his allegiance to gun control legislation. Bamie and the Rats won't touch it. If they do, they'll wish that they hadn’t.

[Red in Blue PA]

Cheney mention he would support limits on magazine capactiy.

He is going senile or plain dumb.

[swain_forkbeard]

Who cares?

[pabianice]

>>WTF did Dick "Deadeye" Cheney say?

That perhaps we need a ban on high cap magazines. VERY disappointing.

[pabianice]

Chronic heart problems may lead to, among other things, degraded memory and cognative functions. Sad.

[mrmeyer]

His limited capacity shotgun didn’t exactly help his lawyer hunting buddy avoid getting shot in the face now did it?

[DTogo]

A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

FMCDH!!

[BruceS]

Will Obama mention gun control in his State of the Union?

Does a bear poop in the woods?

[paul51]

does anyone care what that bozo says? Cat’s out of the bag. He is a poser way over his head. Couldn’t care less what he thinks about anything. Community organizer - good at nothing but bulls***.

[Durus]

Or perhaps he is trying to get Democrats to go on the record saying the same or similar things so that the dems get crushed again next election.

[Skeez]

Obama is trying to appear more moderate and probably won’t, but you know he wants to.

[Sacajaweau]

We’re gonna do the moment of silence...but not for our troops...or for victims of Mexican illegals.

[therightliveswithus]

He’s not willing to risk his higher poll numbers right now

[digger48]

You know he’d love to use the opportunity to bash SCOTUS for McDonald v. Chicago.

But he’s gonna be too busy lurching to the center to do it.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Okay, it’s all about compromise. We’ll support a ban on 30 round magazines if the left will support repealing the Hughes amendment of the 1986 firearm owners protection act. Allow the law abiding to own fully auto rifles without have to pay outrageous prices for one that is 25 years old!!!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

By all means, Dick, let's infringe the freedom of law-abiding citizens based upon a knee-jerk reaction to the deeds of mentally-deranged subhumans.