Tell Us What You Think About President Obama’s Gun Control Proposal
President Barack Obama presented a wide-reaching proposal for the country’s gun control policies on Wednesday.
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President Barack Obama presented a comprehensive gun control proposal to the country on Wednesday, about one month after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The Huffington Post reports that the proposal includes four major sections, focusing on topics like law enforcement, mental health, school safety and the availability of dangerous weapons. Many of these measures would require congressional action and could cost up to $500 million.
The president also announced more than 20 executive orders that can go into effect immediately, as reported by the New York Times reports. These include having the attorney general review the categories of people who are not allowed to have guns, reviewing safety standards for gun locks and safes and providing training on armed attacks to first responders and school officials. Visit the New York Times for a full list.
The full text of the president’s plan is available on the White House website, along with a list of the main components.
For more on the proposals—as well as what it would take for the president to get them through Congress—check out the Huffington Post article.
What do you think about this proposal? Are there parts that you support? Portions that you think go too far? Tell us in the comments.
A Lifetime Resident of Avon Lake
2:09 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
It is a symbolic, politically motivated move which will do absolutely noting to curb the real problem, which is the lenient sentencing criminal receive for committing acts of violence. In Chicago, a citizen cannot even own a handgun, but there more more people killed by handguns last year than all the coalition forces fighting in a war.
Simple solution:
Possession of an illegal gun = 10 years in prison.
Use of a gun while committing a crime = 20 years in prison.
Shoot someone with a gun while committing a crime = 30 years in prison.
Intentionally kill someone with a gun = life in prison.
No early release, no payroll, no probation......No exceptions. The judicial system is more concerned with protecting criminal rights, that they will infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens. These same liberals who are screaming about the need for gun control, are the ones who protect criminal rights.
Get the politics out of it. Punish the criminals, get them off the street. This is proposal I think we can all agree on!
InMyHumbleOpinion
2:01 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
I'll second that!