President Obama Storms Into 2016 With Nationally Televised Town Hall On Gun Violence

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President Obama is making it clear that he is not going to have a quiet final year in office by holding a nationally televised town hall on gun violence this week.
On CNN’s State Of The Union, Dana Bash announced that Obama will be holding a live town hall meeting after his expected executive actions to expand background checks, “Following his announcement, President Obama will join Anderson Cooper for an exclusive one-hour live town hall event on the issue of guns and gun control in America. Anderson and the president will talk about this controversial issue from all sides, and President Obama will take questions from the audience. A live town hall with President Obama, “Guns in America,” 8:00 p.m. this Thursday right here on CNN.”

President Obama isn’t going to give the NRA and the Republican Party a chance to hijack the conversation with fearmongering. Obama is going to use the presidential bully pulpit to explain why his relatively modest executive actions do not mean the decline of the republic or an end to the Second Amendment.

The vast majority of Americans have supported common sense measures like expanding background checks since the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting where Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 kindergarteners and six adults on December 14, 2012.

During his New Year’s Day message, President Obama said, “A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can take to help reduce gun violence. And on Monday, I’ll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options. Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing. I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen; who share my belief that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to bear arms; and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale.”

Obama is starting off the year by dominating the political conversation. He won’t be on the ballot, but President Obama is demonstrated that he is one lame duck with plenty of remaining quack.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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