| A petition started yesterday afternoon at the White House's official petition site has over 87,000 signatures as of this writing calling upon President Obama to "produce legislation that limits access to guns." According to the petition, "[p]owerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution's intended purpose of the right to bear arms. Therefore, Congress must act on what is stated law, and face the reality that access to firearms reaches beyond what the Second Amendment intends to achieve."
Although President Obama reacted emotionally to yesterday's mass shooting, his record on gun regulation gives little comfort to the many Americans demanding real action to prevent similar tragedies in the future. Indeed, gun owners' rights have increased under this president; Obama's most significant guns legislation is a law he signed allowing loaded guns... |
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