Gun control: Obama signs 23 executive actions
After an emotionally-charged press conference at the White House urging action from Congress, President Barack Obama, surrounded by children, signed off on plans to curb gun violence.
President Obama ends conference by signing orders. #GunControl http://pic.twitter.com/q5Z9Pg4O
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Here Are Obama's 23 Executive Orders on Gun Violence - Yahoo! News news.yahoo.com/obamas-23-exec… via @YahooNews- Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant anticipated the president's executive action on gun control, hoping to block any measures that could "infringe [on] constitutional rights."
RT @TomDees1: Letter From Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant in regards to President Obama's possible gun Control "Illegal in Mississippi" http://pic.twitter.com/i36WI5sh- Several sheriffs around the US have refused to uphold laws that restrict gun ownership in their districts.
- But Obama has received pleas for change from children since the December mass-shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
RT @ABC: Image: One of the letters written by children to the President regarding #GunControl. More here: abcn.ws/WdWluC http://pic.twitter.com/w299nEcx- The NRA, meanwhile, launched a PR campaign against the president:
- Americans remain divided on limits to gun ownership.
I can see gun-nuts in US are becoming hysterical now that Obama has presented serious #guncontrol orders. Thank you Obama.
RT @brakinggnus: The lines are drawn. President Obama cares about politics. #NRA cares about liberty. Couldn't be simpler. #GunControl
Dear Americans, take a second to imagine your grade one teacher pointing a gun at a guy with a bushmaster. How does it play out? #GunControl
RT @anon2world: If Obama wants gun control, let's start with his military first. #guncontrol
My gun? I'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. #guncontrol http://pic.twitter.com/kscnICy5
mel9861Mr. President, the BULLETS do the killing NOT the guns. Cigarettes are taxed for the purpose of "treatment, prevention and education of the danger...Mr. President, the BULLETS do the killing NOT the guns. Cigarettes are taxed for the purpose of "treatment, prevention and education of the danger" Tax the BULLETS for the same reasons. Thank youmore2013-01-20T02:06:41.162Z- hannahtahi this is gd2013-01-17T04:25:34.693Z
