Just a day after Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, President Barack Obama presented a comprehensive gun violence reduction program that will focus on implementing 23 executive orders (full-force law) that echoed the non-violent reverend’s “The Time Is Now” speech. While the fight in these speeches is different today, the parallels that focus on reducing violence and […]
On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden says he will give President Barack Obama a list of recommendations to begin reducing the outrageous epidemic of gun…
President Obama visited Newtown, Connecticut last night and spoke at a memorial service for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Saying he came “to offer the love and prayers of a nation,” President Obama opened his remarks by thanking local officials and quoting the Bible: “Scripture tells us, ‘Do not lose heart. […]
An emotional President Obama shed tears as he addressed the nation from the White House over the tragic school shooting in Connecticut that left 27 people dead, 20 of them children. “Our hearts are broken today,” said President Obama. While he said today was not the day for a discusson on gun control, he mentioned […]
President Obama was unable to make the NAACP convention, but he did address the National Urban League conference in New Orleans, where for the first time in his presidency he forcefully spoke out against gun violence. The president said he stands by the Second Amendment and recognizes the traditions of hunting and gun ownership in […]
The recent shooting tragedy that occurred in Arizona, has opened up once again, the debate about gun laws in this country. The gun debate is a very sensitive issue, and everyone you speak to, seems to have a different opinion. Even the government can’t agree on anything. The senate recently overturned gun bans in states […]
