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USA Gun Control Timeline, a social experiment...Post Sandy Hook to Present
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Our dear leader...
"Obama slams Republicans for gun reform 'stunts' "
[link to www.france24.com] "AFP - President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.
At a critical moment for hopes for sweeping action to stem gun violence, Obama traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, not far from Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six adults were gunned down in December.
In sharp, impassioned remarks, he contrasted the courage of parents whose children were killed by a deranged gunman with US lawmakers he said feared the wrath of the powerful American gun lobby.
"Some folks in Washington are already floating the idea that they may use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms," Obama told a raucous crowd during his second gun control rally in a week.
"They're not just saying they'll vote no on ideas that almost all Americans support. They're saying they'll do everything they can to even prevent any votes on these provisions.
"What's more important to you -- our children or an A grade from the gun lobby?"
As Congress returns from a recess, some Republicans have pledged to use Senate filibuster tactics to prevent a gun reform bill likely to be placed before lawmakers in the next few weeks from coming to a final vote.
They say a package prepared by Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid would infringe the constitutional right to bear arms.
Obama has been delivered increasingly emotive calls for action -- surrounded by gun violence victims and police officers to build pressure on Republicans to relent.
The president contrasted the bravery of Nicole Hockley, mother of 6-year-old Dylan who was killed at Sandy Hook, who has become a vocal campaigner for gun control with the behavior of his political foes in Washington.
"If Nicole can summon the courage to do that -- how can the rest of us do any less?" Obama asked the 3,100 strong crowd...."YET thinks it's A.O.K. to: Flies families of Newtown victims on Air Force One..."Obama, With Newtown Families, Demands Gun Control Vote" [link to news.yahoo.com] "Speaking before families of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, President Obama made an impassioned and urgent plea for stricter gun laws, as he accused Republicans of threatening to use "political stunts" to block reforms.
"This is not about politics. This is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been torn apart by gun violence," the president told a packed crowd at the University of Hartford, just 50 miles from the site of the December shooting in Newtown, Conn. "It's about them, and all the families going forward so we can prevent this from happening again. That's what it's about."
Obama's visit to Connecticut comes at the start of a critical week, as the Senate is expected to debate the president's gun control agenda. While there are signs of agreement to expand background checks, two major parts of the president's plan, a ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, seem unlikely to pass.
In a rousing, campaign-style speech the president warned lawmakers not to use political tactics to prevent the Senate from voting on gun reform measures, arguing that they have an obligation to the victims of gun violence...."
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