President Obama Prepares To Make His Move Against Guns
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While his administration prepares an executive order tightening access to guns, on Wednesday President Barack Obama met with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a proponent of new gun laws who has become the main enemy of the National Rifle Association. According to the White House Obama and Bloomberg “discussed ways to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have access to them and what more could be done at the state and local level to help address gun violence in America.”
As leader of the nation’s largest city, Bloomberg was a vocal advocate for tighter gun laws, launching Mayors Against Illegal Guns in 2006 with then-Boston Mayor Tom Menino. As a result of the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Connecticut, the group morphed into Everytown for Gun Safety, which pushed for new laws in cities and states across the country.
The organization was meant as a counter to the NRA, whose ratings play a large role in some contests around the country, and whose funding has helped propel pro-gun candidates into office. The group spent $1 million in August to run ads around the first Republican presidential primary debate characterizing Bloomberg as intent on restricting Constitutional freedoms.
The gun control debate, which escalated after the Newtown shootings but quieted in the years afterward, has been revived on a smaller scale due to recent shooting tragedies. After an October rampage at an Oregon community college, Obama tasked his aides with reviewing current gun laws for openings where he could take executive action.
Officials say expanding background checks by closing the so-called “gun show loophole” is the most likely option, though they concede legal and administration hurdles have slowed the process.
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