Obama Gets Failing Grades from Gun Control Group

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A leading advocacy group has given President Obama an "F" for what it calls his failure to take significant steps to advance gun control laws.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence endorsed Obama in 2008, but its president, Paul Helmke, said this year the president "ran away from the issue," The Hill reported.

The Brady campaign gave Obama failing grades on every issue it scored. The group criticized the president for signing legislation that contained amendments that repealed laws banning guns in national parks and on Amtrak trains.

Helmke said the Obama administration hadn't yet reached out to the Brady campaign, and that he doesn't expect the White House to do so anytime soon, according to The Hill.

Read the full Brady report card here.

Filed Under: Guns, Obama Administration

Tagged: Brady Campaign, BradyCampaign, Daily Guidance, DailyGuidance, gun control, GunControl, James Brady, JamesBrady, President Obama, PresidentObama

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sggoods

There already is a questionnaire about having mental illness on firearm applications. Enforce the laws you already have before you add more ineffective laws. I think China said it best, don't make the rest of us take the medicine for your illness.

January 16 2011 at 11:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply