Among partisans on both sides, there is still a sense that a piece of gun control can be passed (starting with background checks) and perhaps a larger piece of immigration (starting with H-1B visas and legal status for the undocumented).
He made the case for parents as the key to giving children a sense of self-esteem beyond the barrel of a gun.
President Obama reiterates his commitment to do everything in his power to implement a series of common sense measures that would reduce gun violence in America.
"There are 80 million moms in this country, " said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, after the White House event.
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He is heartened, I should mention, by what we have all heard from some members of Congress who have been long-time opponents of gun control measures, common-sense gun control measures like the assault weapons ban and the like.
Given a sense of urgency by the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the gun control debate rages on across the nation.
These are common-sense measures supported by Democrats, Republicans and independents, and many of them are responsible gun owners.
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His proposals made sense: a commission on voting rights, protection of military families gay and straight, gun control measures, equal pay for equal work, increased minimum wage, and immigration reform.
Again, a few simple changes requiring proof of real safety, such as shooting lessons before buying a weapon just makes common sense, not only to prevent irresponsible gun distribution, but to ensure that future generations of gun owners obey the traditions of the hundreds of years of millions of thoughtful, smart gun owners in America.
Rather, more often than not, Armitage slings his gun - or, more accurately, wields his stiletto - in the other sense of a partisan: one who wages war from behind enemy lines.
At the same time, those who view relatively unlimited gun ownership as an essential and non-assailable right granted to us all in the Bill of Rights must begin to better understand and appreciate why anti-gun advocates simply cannot see the sense and logic behind making combat style weapons and high capacity magazine clips available to civilian purchasers.
The families of Newtown victims have been in Washington speaking to lawmakers about the need to pass common-sense legislation to reduce gun violence.
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