Obama: Background Checks

President Barack Obama Dept: Obama is expected to recommend a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets, as well as ask for universal background checks on gun buyers. The latter would close the so-called gun show loophole, which allows people to buy weapons from private gun sellers at exhibitions without background checks, according to CTV. I think it s going to be a dog fight, partly because the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the right to bear arms goes deep in American culture, Harold Pollack, co-director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, told News Channel and u.S. President Barack Obama will propose wide-ranging gun law reforms on Wednesday, setting the stage for what is expected to be a bitter fight between his administration, Republican lawmakers and firearms owners. But many wonder whether a deeply divided Congress will approve Obama s efforts to curb gun violence in the wake of last month s Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.