Julianne Moore Praises Obama's Gun Control, Immediately Calls for More

Jan 10, 2016, 00:05

Obama said the NRA is funded by gun manufacturers and has blocked safety measures he thinks there would be a market for, including smart gun technology. In short, that's because the conditions he is changing by executive action are murkier than he made them out to be.

President Barack Obama mocked conspiracy theorists and tore into the National Rifle Association for pushing "imaginary fiction", as he described his plans to tighten gun control rules as modest first steps toward tackling gun violence in America. "Folks will go to a gun show and purchase a whole bunch of firearms, put them in a van, drive up into Mike Pfleger's neighborhood... open up the trunk, and those things are for sale", Obama said.

"Somehow this has become routine", Obama said after an October rampage at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.

"Keep in mind I've been president for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time". I taught constitutional law, I know a little about this.

In his opening remarks, Obama urged firearm owners, hunters and gun rights activists to join him in support of tougher laws that would target criminals while preserving Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens. He said the NRA refused to acknowledge the government's responsibility to make legal products safer, citing seat belts and child-proof medicine bottles as examples. Jennifer Baker, an official with the National Rifle Association's lobbying arm in Washington, said the group turned down an invitation from CNN to attend the forum.

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Several NRA members were in the audience for the town hall, which was organized and hosted by CNN.

"There's a reason that the NRA isn't here. They just don't trust you".

"I think that your message of hope is something I agree with". Last year, following a series of mass shootings, Obama pledged to "politicize" the issue in an attempt to level the playing field for gun control supporters.

NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam also said ahead of the event that the group saw "no reason to participate in a public relations spectacle orchestrated by the White House".

He added: "There's a very serious concern in this country about personal security".

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An Arizona sheriff, a rape victim, a firearms industry representative and a prominent veteran's wife pressed the President over his gun control push during the "Guns in America" town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper and aired by CNN. "Because if you look at the where the areas are with the highest gun ownership, those are the places that the crime hasn't dropped down that much", Obama said. "That's bait", Trump told the crowd.

Along with a license, those sellers, which the administration now says includes individuals who do not have a physical store and only sell at gun shows or online, must perform background checks before money can exchange hands.

"I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support commonsense gun reform". Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in 2011, stood as her husband, Mark Kelly, asked Obama about confiscation theories.

Taya Kyle, widow of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle who was killed at a gun range and portrayed in the film "American Sniper", said laws would not stop people with criminal intent.

After President Obama wrote an op-ed in the New York Times, many campaign observers began to question whether the president had intentionally called out Sen.

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Because Obama is acting without Congress, his proposals are aimed at clarifying and enforcing existing law.