All Blog Posts Tagged 'amendment' (2)

Executive Orders on Guns Good Start but Congress is Still the Cure

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

President Obama’s unilateral White House action on gun control is a good start. But Obama took the action precisely because he knows that gun control legislation is a virtual dead letter in Congress at least for the time being. To force the issue, Obama would have to spend precious time, energy, and resources jawboning anti-gun control congressional Democrats, wage an all-out battle with the gun lobby, and the NRA, and…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on January 15, 2013 at 9:12am — No Comments

Batman Massacre Won’t Shove Guns into Presidential Race

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg publicly demanded that President Obama and GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney tell where they stand on new and tougher gun control laws in light of the Colorado Theater massacre. Bloomberg wasn’t alone in the demand. A bevy of mostly Democratic politicians quickly joined in the chorus and also…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on July 20, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments