US gun debate: Obama unveils gun control proposals

[carebear4eva]

President Barack Obama has unveiled a raft of sweeping gun control proposals, setting the stage for a showdown with firearms rights advocates.

Mr Obama called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and wider background checks on gun buyers.

The Democratic president also signed 23 executive actions, which do not require congressional approval.

He urged Congress:

• to reintroduce an expired ban on "military-style" assault weapons, such as those used in several recent mass shootings
• limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds
• introduce background checks on all gun sales; currently private sales and some sales at gun shows, constituting about 40% of the national total, are exempt
• pass a ban on possession and sale of armour-piercing bullets
• introduce harsher penalties for gun-traffickers, especially unlicensed dealers who buy arms for criminals
• finally approve the appointment of the head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Full story : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21049942

"About time" is all I have to say.

 

[pklongbeach]

I just through this action more people accept that we don't live in the world we used to live in.
And that a persons personal right (like mine to race other cars on the highway) is simply not a right that we can afford to exercise anymore.
I can't bring dinomite to work!
Why?
Cause it's danergous!
"Everything you need to know, you learned in Kindergarden"!

 

[CountrymusicCarrieIsAmazing]

Is it very necessary at the present to introduce a gun control proposal? Can this proposal protect the society from gun attacks?

Do American people really need to own guns?

I am not living in the USA. That's why I'm not sure how people here think of owning guns