Obama Says He’s Ready To Take On The Gun Lobby
At a press conference Monday, President Obama signaled his administration is ready to take on the gun rights lobby after Newtown, even if that means raising topics the National Rifle Association has rejected.
Despite reports earlier in the week that Vice President Biden’s gun violence task force was preparing to back down from a so-called assault weapons ban — which the NRA says it can kill in the House — Obama specifically name-checked support for a ban, setting up a legislative battle over the most contentious issues in the modern gun control debate.
He acknowledged it could be an uphill slog.
“Will all of them get through this Congress? I do not know,” Obama said. “What is uppermost in my mind is making sure I am honest with the American people and members of Congress about what I think will work, what I think is something that will make a difference, and to repeat what I said earlier. If there is a step we can take that will save even one child from what happened in Newtown, should take that step.”
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