Obama urges lawmakers' vote on assault weapons ban

March 23, 2013 @ 8:51 am

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress _ even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance of passing.

Senate Democrats dropped the ban from the bill they plan to debate next month out of concern it could sink the whole package. Still, Obama says he's pushing for it.

In his weekly radio and Internet address released Saturday, Obama says the U.S. has changed in the three months since the December school shooting in Newtown, Conn., left 20 first graders and six educators dead. He says Americans support the ban, plus limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines, school security funding and a crackdown on gun trafficking.

"Today there is still genuine disagreement among well-meaning people about what steps we should take to reduce the epidemic of gun violence in this country. But you, the American people, have spoken," Obama said.

The White House said Saturday that Obama will make additional trips outside Washington to rally support for the measures, including the assault weapons ban. The White House also said that before Obama left for Israel earlier this week, his push for gun control was among the issues he raised with lawmakers from both parties as he embarked on a concerted effort to reach out to Congress.

In the Republican address, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah says the Senate Democrats' budget raises taxes by $1.5 trillion without doing anything to save entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. He says Republicans want a balanced budget that lives up to the nation's moral obligation to act in the best interest of future generations.

"Republicans recognize that keeping dollars, decisions, priorities and power in the hands of the people is what has made America the greatest civilization the world has ever known," Lee says. "Now is the time to return to that model."

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Online:

Obama address: http://www.whitehouse.gov

Republican address: http://www.youtube.com/gopweeklyaddress


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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    Talk about a staged photo
    February 2, 2013 2:26 pm
    He is holding it wrong.

    And if he is skeet shooting are they running on the ground???

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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Again.
    February 2, 2013 2:37 pm
    It's the careful use of propaganda. Like the Kims in N Korea, Stalin, Lenin, Castro...all the commies do it. Comrade Owebama is no different.
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  • CH wrote...
    we take that oath seriously!!
    February 2, 2013 3:56 pm
    so why did that LEO lose his kid to his own gun? And if he is skeet shooting are they running on the ground??? Who shoots clay pigeons horizontally? A good shot! http://youtu.be/DIpFd1Xi4dU Do you have your clay pigeons dropped from an airplane? This is why republicans should NOT have Guns.
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  • daveismenotyou wrote...
    Go back downstairs troll
    February 2, 2013 4:46 pm
    He is so good as he waits until they targets are almost horizontal before firing. Truly, an awesome shot!
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    You have never shot skeet
    February 2, 2013 5:25 pm
    Troll. The are launched into the air .. very rare you have ROLLING skeet.
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  • CH wrote...
    daveismenotyou
    February 2, 2013 5:24 pm
    did you take time to look? http://youtu.be/DIpFd1Xi4dU If you look really hard, every shooter had their Guns vertical. This is why republicans should NOT have Guns.
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  • Drool wrote...
    Apparently None of You Dummys....
    February 2, 2013 7:21 pm
    ...have ever been or watched skeet shooting. There are plenty of times you shoot horizontally

    It took about two seconds for me to find some on the web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIpFd1Xi4dU

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  • wsualumn wrote...
    You Gotta Love The RWNJ
    February 2, 2013 8:33 pm
    First they demanded a photo and now they scoff at it. Continue to stay in your bubble on this issue and be surprised again come 2014 and 2016. I'd love another rerun of 2012.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    As long as he doesn't fly to the Dominican Republic to "shoot skeet"
    February 2, 2013 9:27 pm
    He should be ok. Hey, is that a skeet-skin shooting jacket with prez patch he's wearing?
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    Skeetgate (Do not photoshop , manipulate , alter , tear , fold , or spindle that picture)
    February 3, 2013 1:14 am
    Which means photoshop it to your hearts desire.This picture of President Obama "shooting" he "Shoots all the time" at Camp David was fabricated to be a diversion for the "in the toilet" economy and to pander to the gun folks "bitter clingers" See Barry ain't gonna take yer guns!!!!
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  • CH wrote...
    Republicans are always looking for a gate
    February 3, 2013 5:03 am
    got one for you UPYOURASSGATE.
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  • daveismenotyou wrote...
    Actually CH The Troll,
    February 3, 2013 7:02 am
    Use of GATE for everything is annoying. I don't see a controversy here. I just don't like propaganda. I don't give a rip if he shoots horizontally, vertically, or whatever SuperO does. It is the point of the attempt at placating that is so stupid. Oh, and jerkwad, did mommy clean up your pants yet?
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    You Gotta Love The RWNJ
    February 3, 2013 7:15 am
    That's hilarious and pathetic! You gotta love the commie, socialist lying scumb-bag Owebama for use of a left-wing philosophy of propaganda. It's so transpareant, it's disgusting. It's something only used by the worst of humanity: Stalin, Lenin, Castro, Imperial Japan, Hitler and the Nazis...so Owebama fits right in.
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