Obama Going His Own Way on Gun Control
Gun control bill died in the Senate this week
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons.
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Isn't this what the NRA wanted in the first place? Beef up the existing system so the crazies don't have access to guns? This entire debacle is all about 2014 with Obama using the victims as "props" so the Democrats in some weird fantasy can keep the Senate and get the House. It's pathetic.