The president of United
States is expected to expand the requirement for background checks for gun
buyers who purchase from "collectors" rather than dealers.
He will meet with Attorney
General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss his administrations options for
tightening gun rules without going through the Republican-controlled Congress.
Barack Obama's plans to
bypass Congress on gun control were not popular amongst the thousands that
attended the weekend's "Crossroads of the West" gun show in Ontario
in California.
The two-day event - taking
place twenty miles from the scene of the mass shooting in San Bernardino a
month ago - saw a surge in ticket sales.
The "Obama Sucks"
T-shirt was perhaps a measure of the gun lobby's views on Washington right now.
Not surprisingly, there was
strong support for the Second Amendment and the guarantee of the right to bear
arms.
"If he's going to do
that and not going to go through Congress, I think that is illegal," said
one.
"Look at drugs. Drugs
are illegal but we still have those," said another.
One military veteran, with
an assault rifle slung over his shoulder, summed up the views of many: "We
abide by laws in how we carry weapons and conduct ourselves and they're trying
to take that right from us.
"I don't think it is
fair, the laws are getting too extreme."
Excellent post. I will be experiencing some of these issues as well..
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