A. Here's what President Obama said in today's press conference on gun laws:
I will put everything I’ve got into this — and so will Joe — but I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it. And by the way, that doesn’t just mean from certain parts of the country. We’re going to need voices in those areas and those congressional districts where the tradition of gun ownership is strong to speak up and to say this is important. It can’t just be the usual suspects. We have to examine ourselves in our hearts, and ask yourselves what is important? This will not happen, unless the American people demand it. If parents and teachers, police officers, and pastors, if hunters and sportsman, if responsible gun owners, if Americans of every background stand up and say, enough. We’ve suffered too much pain, and care too much about our children to allow this to continue, then change will — change will come.
B. Here's what the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus says he's doing:
President Obama's series of gun control measures amount to an executive power grab that may please his political base but will not solve the problems at hand.
Watch the video of the press conference, then guess which of those two men believes that Americans are capable of making decisions to control their own destiny and which believes they are too stupid to know the difference between fact and fertilizer.
Update - Jan 22: Sorry folks. The Reince Prebus video is no longer available, but you can read what he had to say here and at the link above.
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