Posted on 03/06/2015 8:10:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Increased gun control measures would go a long way toward cutting down on America’s homicide rate, President Obama said during a town-hall event on Friday.
“Our homicide rates are so much larger than other industrialized countries, by like a mile,” he said during a speech at Benedict College in South Carolina.
“Most of that is attributable to the easy, ready availability of firearms, particularly handguns.”
Obama’s made a hard push for increasing gun control measures during his presidency, specifically toughening background checks and banning certain assault weapons. He tried to gin up congressional support for those policies after a man killed 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
But those measures stalled in the Senate.
"We couldn’t get it done at the congressional level, so what we’ve done is we’ve tried to do as much as we can administratively to implement background checks," he said.
Obama said that there are “a lot of law abiding, responsible gun owners” that use guns for protection, sport or as part of a tradition. But he added that upping background check requirements on gun purchasers is a policy that everyone should endorse.
“It is not violating anybody’s rights that if you want to purchase a gun, it should be at least your responsibility to get a background check so we know you were not a violent felon or that you don’t currently have a restraining order on you because committed domestic abuse.”
“Right now, we don’t know a lot of that, it’s just not available.”
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot in 2011 during a constituent event, joined current lawmakers this week to announce a bill that would specifically strengthen background check requirements to prevent domestic abusers, felons and the mentally ill from purchasing a gun.
History once again shows Obama to be incorrect.
Lower the thugg RATE THE MURDER RATE WILL LESSEN..
Fewer criminal illegal aliens and Islamic terrorists
would decrease the homicide rate, but neither
Obola-the-Undocumented Moslem, nor anyone in
either the White Mosque nor the EXEMPT enabling
Congress .... could care less.
Obama = dumb*ss!
Says the guy about whom we know nothing and who refuses to release any records, criminal or otherwise.
Barrack Hussein, if you would just shut your f’n mouth FOR THE NEXT 20 Months OR so, you would reduce air pollution and global warming with all that hot air.
I can’t stand listening to this damn creep anymore.
FReepers: Not electing lying Muslim Conmanders-And-Sheiks would lower the amount of lies told by lying American Muslim presidents.
Obama isn’t dumb, he’s just ideologically opposed to what red-blooded American’s believe in for whatever reason...Marxism..etc. Republicans seem to be the dumb ones IMO...they’ve let him accomplish tons on his agenda.
Fully half of all violent crimes are committed by a tiny percentage of the black population. Maybe the DemocRats had it right when they prohibited blacks from owning firearms. /s
No, they're way lower than those of Russia, Brazil, and Mexico, just to name three. Obozo is living in his liberal fantasy land, where facts are made up on the spot to keep the narrative alive.
When has this guy ever been right?
Yes, they have worked so well in Chicago, Baltimore, and DC.
"by like a mile".....ugh preach against the 2nd Amendment to those college kids obama. Remember what Holder said. You got brainwash them.
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Get rid of all the illegal guns in the inner cities and we would not need any more gun legislation. As a matter of fact, if we would take guns out of the hands of the “gangstas”, we could eliminate 90 percent (if not all) of our gun regulations
Is it wrong to wish him pistol whipped, just because? Again, those who want weapons with which to commit their crimes will always be able to get them, background checks be damned.
Guess I need to get back to the range to practice and figure out what weapons I want to own.
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