Citing shootings, Obama says must 'go back at' gun-control push

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Citing shootings, Obama says must 'go back at' gun-control push

By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON | Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:12pm EDT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged supporters on Saturday to "go back at it" and pursue gun-control measures after mass shootings in Washington and Chicago in the past week put the spotlight back onto the problem of gun violence in the United States.

Obama made passing tough gun laws a top priority after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in December, stunning the nation.

But Congress rejected his proposals to restrict sales of certain types of guns and require greater background checks. Gun-rights groups opposed the measures, saying they would infringe on Americans' constitutional rights.

"We fought a good fight earlier this year, but we came up short, and that means we've got to get back up and go back at it," Obama told an awards dinner for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

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[billh58]

1. K&R!

The tide is slowly turning toward sane gun control legislation aimed at stopping the senseless violence on our streets, and President Obama is using his office to promote needed change.

[Lurks Often]

2. Then why are gun control laws being overturned when they reach a Federal court?

Chicago is continually losing in court over gun control and the entire state of Illinois just became a shall issue for CCW.

Some states have passed legislation, but that doesn't mean it will hold up to judicial scrutiny.