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Obama blasts Senate gun vote: ‘shameful day’

Published: Thu, April 18, 2013 @ 12:00 a.m.

Associated Press


A visibly infuriated President Barack Obama surrounded himself with tearful parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Wednesday after the Senate voted down a measure designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and declared it a “pretty shameful day for Washington.”






The pointed accusations were a marked departure from Obama’s “no drama” style. He’s shown a lot of passion on the gun issue, even publicly shedding tears, but his emotion previously appeared more rooted in sadness than anger.


1dmacker(243 comments)posted 1 year, 2 months ago

It is shameful the way this administration has paraded victims of recent gun tragedies in an attempt to further their long time push to ban guns. My heart goes out to those victims. Hovever, we best honor the memory of those children by addressing the cause of gun violence not the tools of it. The overwelming majority of guns are possessed and enjoyed by law abisding citizens.
Illegal drugs, violent video games and movies as well as the woeful identification of the dangerously mentally ill and getting them the proper treatment are some of those causes. Yet this administration refuses to address any of these issues.
Instead they continue to put forth programs that would not have prevented any of the recent tragedies and only burden the law abiding shooting public.
Let's enforce the laws we already have to prosecute those criminals who attempt to obtain and criminally misuse firearms. That's where our focus should be.

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2Sensible(118 comments)posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Your Senator Portman voted against stiff penalties for gun trafficking.

What's that all about!

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3HappyBob(285 comments)posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Yesterday’s voting wasn't about the Second amendment, safety or security or gun violence or the kids.

It was all about the Republicans kicking Obama's butt.

That became very clear to me when Portman voted NO to increasing the sentencing for convicted gun runners, people who resell to felons for a profit.

He may have different ideas about what the 2nd amendment means, so maybe I could accept his vote on background checks .... but to vote to against the gun trafficking bill --- well it makes no sense at all.

His vote was an anti-Obama vote, and so he voted NOT to stiffen the penalty of people convicted of gun running as a comercial business. Awesome!

Just who is Portman listening to!!!

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