WASHINGTON President Barack Obama: Gun Sales

Background Check System Dept: The package includes a call on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity gun magazines, and it would close loopholes in the background check system for gun sales, according to The Chronicle Herald. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave and always will be, Obama said, acknowledging the constitutional right to bear arms. But we ve also long realized that with rights come responsibilities. WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched the most sweeping effort to curb U.S. gun violence in nearly two decades, acting swiftly after last month s Connecticut school shooting and announcing a $500 million package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun violence a month after a shooting in Connecticut killed 20 school children. Obama also signed 23 executive actions which require no congressional approval including several aimed at improving access to data for background checks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.