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Gun Safety Legislation Dept: Obama said Thursday that passing gun safety legislation would be tougher than an immigration overhaul, which is also under discussion as a top issue in his second term, according to Calgary Herald. Prospects for tough national gun control laws are slim amid political pressure by gun lobby groups and gun owners who point to the constitutional right to bear firearms. Obama has called the Connecticut shooting in December, which also killed six adults and the 20-year-old gunman's mother, the worst day of his presidency, and it reignited a national debate on gun control and HARTFORD, Conn. - The Connecticut governor who told parents that their children had been killed in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history signed into law tough gun control measures, while President Barack Obama gave his most candid assessment yet of the challenges facing such action at the national level. "I still think it can get done if people are activated and involved," he told an intimate group of donors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.