Obama intentionally did not mention gun control in his State of the Union, but aides say that in the next two weeks the administration will unveil a campaign to get Congress to toughen existing laws.
At the beginning of his State of the Union address, President Obama tipped his hat to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who’s now recuperating in a Houston medical facility. But throughout the hourlong speech, he never addressed the issue at the core of the Giffords tragedy—gun control—and what lawmakers would, or should, do to reform American firearm-access laws.
That was intentional, according to the White House. An administration official says Obama didn’t mention guns in his speech because of the omnipresent controversy surrounding the Second Amendment and gun control. Tuesday’s speech was designed to be more about the economy and how, as Obama repeated nine times, the U.S. could “win the future.”
But in the next two weeks, the White House will unveil a new gun-control effort in which it will urge Congress to strengthen current laws, which now allow some mentally unstable people, such as alleged Arizona shooter Jared Loughner, to obtain certain assault weapons, in some cases without even a background check...
[Webmaster - That seems reasonable... Right? Nobody wants mentally unstable people to obtain firearms. But wait...I have a question for you. What exactly is the definition of "mentally unstable"...and who will make the determination as to what individuals fall into that category? They are going to use this as leverage to go after the "psycho" veterans, and as far as the global control-freaks are concerned...ALL veterans are "psycho". Having a bad day? Feeling a little blue...a little down? Taking anti-depressants? Why you must be DEPRESSED... which means that you must be MENTALLY UNSTABLE! As the Soup Nazi would say..."NO GUNS FOR YOU!" Do you get what I'm saying? They are going to you turn the medical and psychological "professionals" into their own spy network to get firearms out of the hands of EVERYBODY. ***Molon Labe***]
