President Obama signed the executive orders to limit accesses to guns today.
The President and Vice President Joe Biden announced the 'common sense' measures to curb gun related violence which kills more than 9000 people annually in the United States, much higher figure than anywhere among all OECD nations.
The measures include strengthening background checks and gun tracking, banning assault weapons, high capacity magazines and armor-piercing bullets, funding police officers, research on gun violence, school counseling, medicaid and schools. It would cost $500 million for taking those measures.
President Obama said:
Let us hope we are to step forward to make the change. Let us hope we will ensure indeed the freedom for ordinary citizens by securing safety to all of us. Let us hope the Congress, our representatives will make that change.
"And, finally, Congress needs to help, rather than hinder, law enforcement as it does its job." -- President Obama
So what do people talk about this issue?
When I said "the President finally took steps for the gun issues" to my friend Ann from Boston, she simply said "good" after listening to my enthusiasm on this issue quietly. She said to me the other day, "you do not have to convince me. I agree with you".
My colleague May from Chicago was rather more pessimistic. She said "Laws or no laws" contemptuously. "Do we not have laws?" she said. So I explained to her that Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004 due to the opposition in Congress. She only said "We need to reinforce the existing regulations".
Darlene from Chicago nodded to the argument and referred to measures to "adding serial numbers to bullets".
The TIME/CNN poll indicates 55% approve of taking more stricter measures on guns.
The President and Vice President Joe Biden announced the 'common sense' measures to curb gun related violence which kills more than 9000 people annually in the United States, much higher figure than anywhere among all OECD nations.
The measures include strengthening background checks and gun tracking, banning assault weapons, high capacity magazines and armor-piercing bullets, funding police officers, research on gun violence, school counseling, medicaid and schools. It would cost $500 million for taking those measures.
President Obama said:
I will put everything I've got into this -- and so will Joe -- but I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it. And by the way, that doesn't just mean from certain parts of the country. We're going to need voices in those areas and those congressional districts where the tradition of gun ownership is strong to speak up and to say this is important. It can't just be the usual suspects. We have to examine ourselves in our hearts, and ask yourselves what is important? This will not happen, unless the American people demand it. If parents and teachers, police officers, and pastors, if hunters and sportsman, if responsible gun owners, if Americans of every background stand up and say, enough. We've suffered too much pain, and care too much about our children to allow this to continue, then change will -- change will come.
Let us hope we are to step forward to make the change. Let us hope we will ensure indeed the freedom for ordinary citizens by securing safety to all of us. Let us hope the Congress, our representatives will make that change.
"And, finally, Congress needs to help, rather than hinder, law enforcement as it does its job." -- President Obama
So what do people talk about this issue?
When I said "the President finally took steps for the gun issues" to my friend Ann from Boston, she simply said "good" after listening to my enthusiasm on this issue quietly. She said to me the other day, "you do not have to convince me. I agree with you".
My colleague May from Chicago was rather more pessimistic. She said "Laws or no laws" contemptuously. "Do we not have laws?" she said. So I explained to her that Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004 due to the opposition in Congress. She only said "We need to reinforce the existing regulations".
Darlene from Chicago nodded to the argument and referred to measures to "adding serial numbers to bullets".
The TIME/CNN poll indicates 55% approve of taking more stricter measures on guns.