WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday turned to law enforcement leaders in three communities with mass shootings for help in getting Congress to pass tough new gun legislation.

At a White House meeting, Obama said that no group is more important in the gun debate and he said he recognizes the issue "elicits a lot of passion all across the country." But Obama also said he believes Congress will respond to appeals from police.

"Hopefully if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff every single day can come to some basic consensus in terms of steps that we need to take," he said, "Congress is going to be paying attention to them, and we'll be able to make progress."

The president's meeting comes as he tries to build support for gun control legislation that will be difficult to get through Congress. He urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high capacity magazines and require universal background checks.

Obama met in the Roosevelt Room with the heads of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the Major County Sheriffs Association, members of his Cabinet and chiefs that responded to the worst shootings of 2012. That includes Aurora, Colo., where 12 were killed in July; Oak Creek, Wis., where six died in a Sikh temple assault: and Newtown, Conn., scene of the most recent mass tragedy that left 20 first-graders dead.

Obama also said that Washington needs to take mental health issues and school safety more seriously and should help law enforcement agencies hire more police, make sure they get the training they need and give rural forces the resources they need to deal with emergencies.

"Many of them also recognize that it's not only the high profile mass shootings that are of concern here," the president said. "It's also what happens on a day in day out basis in places like Chicago or Philadelphia where young people are victims of gun violence every single day."


wow... and doesn't Chicago have the strictest gun laws in the US? and yet, 5 people in seperate incidents were shot over the weekend...funny how they seem to keep missing that part in their newstories...

really wonder his Tongue doesn't fall out from the Whoppers that Guy is telling!


But it dovetails nice with this!

DHS buys 7000 full-auto assault rifles, calls them 'personal defense weapons'
Monday, January 28, 2013
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038844_DHS_assault_weapons_documents.html

(NaturalNews) In yet another huge blow to the rhetoric and narrative of the Obama administration and its desire to disarm the American public, a DHS bid has been uncovered (see documents below) showing that the Department of Homeland Security recently put out an offer to purchase 7,000 full-auto "assault weapons" to be used domestically, inside the USA.

Keep in mind that President Obama is on the record saying, "AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals; that they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities."

But it seems he really means they don't belong on the streets of our cities unless they are in the hands of homeland security enforcers, in which case they can be FULL-AUTO assault weapons.


There is SO Much MORE to read on this including PDF Documents of the Requests for these guns with specifications and other purchases.

It seems the powers that be are getting desperate. It also seems like an interesting time to beef up domestic forces. They expecting some resistance or something?

Conrad, did you check that Natural News article? You know what a crank site that can be.

I wouldn't be surprised with some of the rhetoric that is being tossed around concomitant with a sharp spike in gun and ammo sales. The recent speech by the head of the NRA was just a little extremist to say the least.

The new government assault rifle purchase is probably in response to those guys getting out-gunned, currently. In spite of the thousands of gun laws currently on the books, the authorities you'd think would be charged with enforcing them, are actually restricted by law from enforcing them, in many situations. Go fig, huh?

As for feeling annoyed that Iraqis getting AKs in their homes, you have to understand that that's IN THEIR HOMES, and the fact that the country is on the brink of complete social collapse and civil war. The USA is nowhere near that, regardless of the hyperbole you hear from the NRA and Fox News.

Lastly, asking police organizations for help in gun regulations is just an acknowledgement of the realities. Most people don't appreciate the dangers assault rifles present. Police officer actually face those dangers in real ways. Police unions are pretty good at getting their word out, so it's common sense to ask police to speak up if they want reforms.

Exactly, it's the police and other emergency service organisations that are the first response to gun related crime and accidents. It is not unreasonable to expect their advice as consultants in the drafting of any legislation.