Posted on 07/25/2012 7:49:32 PM PDT by mdittmar
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to work with Democrats, Republicans and community leaders to "arrive at a consensus" on how to reduce gun violence across the United States.
Closing out a multi-day trip that began in Aurora, Colorado, where he met with families and victims of the movie theater massacre there, Obama told a mostly African American audience that such tragedies are replayed on a smaller scale in cities throughout the country on a daily basis.
"Every day and a half the number of young people we lose to violence is about the same as the number of people we lost in that movie theater," Obama said in remarks at the National Urban League Conference in New Orleans.
"I'm going to continue to work with members of both parties and with religious groups and with civic organizations to arrive at a consensus around violence reduction."
Discussing or even touching on the issue of gun control in the United States during an election year is risky, and Obama has been careful to avoid making sweeping proposals that could offend gun owners and rally his Republican opponents.
The president made a point of emphasizing his support for the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, which covers the right to bear arms.
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Obama.....you queer-bait, Muslim, Communist P.O.S....just STFU and go away. God how I’d like to accelerate that process.....
He would be a fool to try to enact new gun laws in this election cycle.
But of he wants to grab the 3rd rail, let him.
Same guy that said....”Bring a gun”....
That's a lie. The president made a point of emphasizing his support for the U.S. Constitution's mythical Hunting Amendment, which covers the right to stock your freezer, except in areas the DHS, BATF, EPA and USFS has made off limits to human activity, and then only if the species has been chosen for you, and you may of course only store hunted meat for the length of time, as determined by your government, provided it is labeled in a way determined by government, and you may not sell the meat you legally hunted for, but you can give it away to the poor, provided you had it commercially processed and nutritionally labeled, subject to rules and regulations federal state and local, and provided you assume all liability for said meat product, and ...
After the voters send him back to Chicago later this year, he can tackle the incredible gun violence in that city...
How many were aborted the day of the shooting?
Good question and one that will make Obozo stutter for sure.
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0bama could start by personally going into Mexico to retrieve all of H0lder’s lost guns.
Obama promised to focus on gun control like a laser and get the same great results as he has on the economy, new jobs and unemployment.
And the semiconscious sheeple he was addressing, suddenly jumped up gleefully chanting, four more years, four more years.
And we lose about 114 babies to abortion about every hour!
I think you are underestimating by two orders of magnitude...
The number will be closer to 100,000.
Start in Chicago. When you get that under control, call back and we can talk about gun violence elsewhere.
My first thought as well.
This will help in Obama in Chicago, New York, San Franscisco and other states where HE DOESN’T NEED IT and HURT the bastard in the swing states and middle America where he DOES need help.
Good move Barack Hussein, this will help screw you, you rotten bastard!
Damn Communist Muslim.
When one entire weekend goes by that his homies don’t engage in gunplay in the city of Chicago, then he can talk about how we don’t need guns anymore.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Let him start with the SS who protect his worthless hide. When I see him give up his armed SS elite guard, THEN I MIGHT consider not buying any more guns. Having Biden as VP should be enough to keep him safe.
When a bunch of ants march around the rim of a plant and never change direction, they mistake activity for progress.
Unless one is allowed to investigate and talk about the real reasons for crimes and murder we will, like ants, march around the same plant!!!
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