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Obama's Gun Play: The Very People He Must Court to Win Are Gun Lovers
22 January 2011
New York Times, Column
President Obama is under renewed pressure from his base to demonstrate that he is, indeed, a principled man of unwavering conviction rather than a pliant political reed willingly bent and bowed by ever-shifting winds.
This time the issue is gun control.
Pre-presidency, Obama had been a strong supporter of gun-control initiatives. Since then, however, he has remained curiously quiet on the issue in general and following the Tucson shooting in particular.
The question... (GunPolicy.org)