Assault weapons ban makes sense: Obama

Washington: President Barack Obama on Monday to provide support for a ban on assault weapons as part of an effort to "reasonable" to reduce gun violence, while he said he could take steps smaller order.At Executive Press White House Conference after a month of Newtown support the massacre, Obama restricting high-capacity magazines and background checks for gun buyers the best, but admitted that some of the proposals may fail in pass Congress.If there a step we can take that will provide even one child from
What happened in Newtown, we should take this step, "Obama said of the massacre of an elementary school that left 26 people dead.The believe that we have a stronger background checks, we can do a much better job in terms of keeping this magazine clips with high capacity of hands of people who should not have them, and ban assault weapons meaningful ... those are the things that we still believe make sense.Will each of them to get through this conference? I do not know, but what'suppermost in my mind is to make sure I honest with the American people and members of Congress with about what I think will work, "said Obama said.Obama that members of the Council of Ministers headed by Vice President Joe Biden has" made me now with a list of reasonable steps common sense that can be taken to make sure that this type of violence we have seen in Newtown does not happen again. "
He said Obama, who will be inaugurated for his second term next Monday, he will present details later on guns and commissioned this week.Biden after the massacre of Newtown to meet the key players on the guns, including Rifle Association National, and lobby powerful that have strongly opposed any restrictions on freedom of the United States to bear arms.
Obama said that does not require approval Congress.Asked what action he could take on his own, and he can relate to "how the collection we - Obama stood by Biden's remarks that the president can take some measures to guns by executive order data, for example on guns falling into the hands of criminals, and how can we more effectively.Gun track rights defenders responded angrily to suggestions that Obama will use an executive order to a prominent and one site likeness lists Hitler.Federal of gun owners are long carefree hardline U.S.
Conservatives who fear they will be the first step for confiscation.Part of the challenge that we face is that even the slightest hint of some of the legislation, reasonable responsible in this area fans this idea that somehow, it comes here, and guns that will be everyone to be taken away, " Obama said said.Obama that his first term showed that it did not violate the right to bear arms, and suggested that the criticism could have "economic component" with the arms industry in an attempt to increase sales.