The President called for further government control as the answer to stop violence.
Among his plans are adding universal background checks for gun sales, the reinstatement and strengthening of the assault weapons ban, capping ammunition magazines to a ten round limit, banning armor piercing ammunition, providing schools with resource officers and school counselors, putting more police on the streets, creating serious punishments for gun trafficking, and ensuring that health insurance plans cover mental health benefits.
He also gave a list of twenty-three executive orders that he is willing to use, if necessary.
Opponents called some of the plans an attack upon the second amendment.
While Obama may be able to get his plans through the Senate, the House will be an entirely different matter.
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