White House plays down prospect of new gun laws

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The White House signaled Thursday that President Barack Obama would not be seeking new gun control laws in the aftermath of the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. But press secretary Jay Carney said Obama would try to find ways to work around the "stalemate" in Congress to keep firearms out of the wrong hands.

During a brief photo-op with his Cabinet, Obama himself sidestepped a reporter's question about how he would proceed without seeking new legislation.

"I'm sure we'll have more opportunity to talk about this," the president said.
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Good on you, Mr. President. The last thing we need is to give the Repukes ammunition by pursuing "feel-good" legislation that does little to address the problem of violence in our country and only pisses gun-owners off.

Let's get a Democratic Congress in there first and discuss the issue rationally before we "jump the gun" and do anything rash, based on emotion not on logic.

[mwrguy]

1. They'd better tell Schumer and Feinstein to slow their roll

[ileus]

2. A "work around"