July 25th, 2012
09:51 PM ET
8 years ago

Obama takes on gun violence in New Orleans speech



















Filed under: 2012 • President Obama
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  1. fandancy

    The NRA will buy as many legislators and spend as much money as is necessary to make sure that there is as little gun control as possible. They already own most of the spineless politicians on both sides of the isle.

    July 25, 2012 10:33 pm at 10:33 pm |
  2. PHinMiami

    There, he said it!!

    Anyone with any measure of intelligence should agree, but, wait . . .
    the GOP voter base is at the bottom of the education food chain.

  3. George

    Finally... showing some spine.
    Meanwhile does anyone know where I can buy a bazooka, or maybe a tank. You never know what the 2nd ammendment will allow you to get these days.

    July 25, 2012 10:34 pm at 10:34 pm |
  4. MrNoItAll

    The Brady Bill and current laws -enforced- are good as they are, this theater and others need to tighten their security and access to crowds.

  5. paul

    I agree with President Obama on this one. There is no common sense reason that an 18 yr. old kid should be walking the streets with an AK-47. That gun is not even allowed for hunting in any state. Our founders believed in the 2nd amendment but at that time the gun of choice was a musket. One shot and then reload. AK-47 are for one thing and one thing only. Killing lots of people in a hurry. Time to rid this country of war equipment used by the average citizen.

  6. Lib

    HOw can the government stop violence? It seems some Americans ask much of the government and then complain that government is doing too much. Ok WHich is it?

    July 25, 2012 10:35 pm at 10:35 pm |
  7. Chris

    And he just lost the election

  8. blaze562

    AK-47's are for soldiers, Something that our very own President knows nothing about except that it makes a loud bang.
    The same thing about politics and human behavior all he knows is they make loud bangs so what is he going to do to keep weapons out of the cartels hands who kill thousands each year, perhaps create another fast and furious to satisfy what ever he's tripin on. He is an absolute joke.

  9. Anonymous

    funny when was the last legally purchased AK used in a crime?

    July 25, 2012 10:37 pm at 10:37 pm |
  10. Just Saying

    Gun CONTROL is about CONTROL of the populace, not guns.

    Obama should go and meet with his Job Panel.

  11. Ralph the Mouth

    So your ruler and check writer thinks our soldiers should be brandishing World War 2 Russian rifles that are notorious for jamming. Nice.

  12. Tommy from Blacksburg

    Is there a good reason for someone to own an assault rifle and drum/banana clips? These things should not be commercially available.

    July 25, 2012 10:38 pm at 10:38 pm |
  13. Motto

    Both guys can talked whatever they want, including the big mouth NY Mayor..... they are just doing the lip service and nothing they can do with insane people, who just want to harm other innocent people for nothing....

    We live in a freedom country, everybody can buy whatever guns they want to do the thing they need. The government can help to prevent this kind of strgedy is to MONITOR the early side of trouble. Why could not
    the FBI database detect the early siigns of trouble from Holmes and aloow him bouight that much weapons within a short period of six months???

  14. darkrunner

    It wasn't an AK-47, it was an AR-15, and they don't make 100 round magazines for them, although the media reported this nonsense earlier.

  15. Nameuh

    Uh oh.. here we go w all the, these guns are mine I'd like to see you take em comments. Just admit, having an ak47 or assault rifle as a civilian serves no purpose at all

    July 25, 2012 10:39 pm at 10:39 pm |
  16. JiminNM

    I don't believe Thomas Jefferson would agree. In fact, I believe Thomas Jefferson would advocate that the people should have any weapon that the police, military or other organization have available to them.

  17. Mack

    I think he is out of touch with reality. I'm pretty sure most gun owners think regular citizens should be allowed to own assault rifles, including AK-47s.

  18. commonsense

    Mr. President is wrong! Full automatic AK-47s belong in military. Semi-auto AKs belong in the hands of responsible adults, and very rarely does it fall into the hands of a lunatic. It's an overreaction to make a bold statement like his just because one clown a year loses his senses. Also, I didn't see any soldiers there with their guns to shoot up James Holmes...oh that's right, innocent people can not legally conceal a gun, or a knife, or taser, and in many places even pepper spray. God Bless Ameri...dictatorship.

  19. joe

    "enforcing existing laws and rewarding states that provide the best data about gun owners."

    He still hasn't a clue about anything. Someone please tell him it is NOT legitimate owners of guns. My fear is why does he need all this data on legitimate gun owners when he's the POTUS and we can't see his college papers. hmmm. Do you know several of Barry's staff have Swiss Bank Accounts. Did you notice when Pelosi was asked to release her tax returns she quit asking Romney to release his. hmmm. 8% of Obama's st6aff has actually had a private sector job. They're all academics who just can't believe what they imagined and wrote isn't real.

  20. Jack Escher

    And the president is absolutely correct. AK-47 belong the hands of soldiers... almost no Americans have the money or special tax stamp to own the handful of real AK47s that exist in the country. The neutered semi-automatics that civilians are "allowed" to own are surely not what he is talking about... is it? Oh, I forgot, an easy subject to confuse the sheep about... Just to clarify... AK-47's are fully automatic rifles and very few exist in civilian hands in the USA... it takes deep pockets, months of paperwork and checks by the federal government, a tax stamp, etc. to own one. Is the President that confused or is he that decitful? In either case it's worrysome.

  21. disgustedvet

    AK-47s are for soldiers. Yes Mr. President,but not OUR soldiers . They are for the soldiers of our enemies and of terrorists both foreign and domestic.

    July 25, 2012 10:41 pm at 10:41 pm |
  22. ew

    Wonder if this schmuck realizes that foreign forces use AK-47's? As Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces, could he even name the standard duty rifle of U.S. troops???

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  24. MR no

    uh oh, here come all the "these are my guns, try takin from me" comments... AK-47s and assault rifles serve no civilian purpose at all

  25. George Farber

    Here's a new age concept. Require all legal guns to have an imbedded chip that allows law enforcement to detect and identify the weapon from a distance of half a mile.
