White House: National Rifle Association

White House Dept: WASHINGTON -- The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation's gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, according to multiple people involved in the administration's discussions, according to Winnipeg Free Press. To sell such changes, the White House is developing strategies to work around the National Rifle Association that one source said could include rallying support from Wal-Mart and other gun retailers for measures that would benefit their businesses. White House aides have also been in regular contact with advisers to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent and outspoken gun-control advocate, who could emerge as a powerful surrogate for the Obama administration's agenda and bEN BREWER / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Attendees at a Utah gun show Saturday peruse an AR-15, the type used in the Newtown massacre. Gun owners discuss a potential sale of an AR-15, one of the most popular and controversial weapons, during the 2013 Rocky Mountain Gun Show at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. In spite of the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn., gun enthusiasts packed in by the hundreds to purchase weapons and ammunition. The gunman in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December used an AR-15 to kill 20 first-graders and six educators in the school before killing himself as police closed in. AP Photo/The Deseret News, Ben Brewer A working group led by U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden is seriously considering measures, backed by key law enforcement leaders, that would require universal background checks for firearm buyers, track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, strengthen mental-health checks and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors, the sources said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.