President Obama: Gun Politics "Has to Change" (BOG)
President Obama said on Friday he plans to keep talking about gun control and “will politicize” the issue for the remainder of his time in office.
“The politics has to change,” Obama told reporters at a press conference at the White House, one day after nine people were shot by a lone gunman at an Oregon community college.
Obama said he has asked his team to “scrub” what kind of authority and additional actions his administration can take to “prevent even a handful of these tragic deaths from taking place.”
But the president conceded that he is up against the strength of gun rights supporters led by the National Rifle Association, who he argued “know how to stir up fear.”
“They know how to stir up the base. They know how to scare politicians,” he said....
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/255812-obama-gun-politics-has-to-change via The Hill
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