Plouffe: Obama will address guns

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Plouffe: Obama will address guns
By: Jennifer Epstein
January 26, 2011 06:34 AM EST

President Barack Obama didn’t talk about gun control in his State of the Union address, but a top White House aide is promising that the president is “going to address” the issue soon.

Senior adviser David Plouffe said late Tuesday that Obama will wade into the national debate over guns and gun control that has developed since the Tucson shooting that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and a dozen others, and killed six.

“The president has been clear about his position on the assault weapons ban, to use an example … back in the campaign, that position’s been restated,” Plouffe said on NBC late Tuesday. “He’s going to address this.” So far, though, he hasn’t.

NBC anchor Brian Williams, who was questioning Plouffe, said White House officials told him earlier Tuesday that Obama was planning to discuss guns, but at a “different venue, different speech, later date.”

Guns, Plouffe said, are “a very important issue and one I know there’s going to be debate on the Hill.” But, he said, Obama’s State of the Union address wasn’t the right time or place for that volatile discussion. “The speech tonight was really about people are worried now about the economy and they’re worried about the future, and I think they were hungry for a road map how to win the future for America.”

Meanwhile, some politicians are saying Obama should have discussed guns in his Tuesday speech.

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[Tejas]

1. Plouffe just sold another

sold another 5,000 AR15's and 100,000 rounds of ammunition.

[safeinOhio]

3. True and as the President said

his main focus is on jobs. Production of AR-15 and ammo=jobs. Brilliant.

[customerserviceguy]

2. Why not? It's just as safe as the Repukes passing a bill in the House

to repeal HCR, neither one is going anywhere.

The Rethugs would love to get President Obama on the record for next year's election opposing guns. Maybe that's why he should leave the subject alone.

[xchrom]

4. so, does that mean gun owners here are going to vote republican? nt

[michreject]

6. Neutral and pro gun Democrats get my vote

otherwise, on election day, I save gas from not having to drive anywhere.

[pipoman]

5. Contrary to popular belief

Obama...actually every recent president..was elected by independents and middle of the road rethugs. The Dem base will always vote for their candidate. The difference between winning and loosing a US presidency is how many cross over and how many swingers, swing. A good share of Obama's voters were blue collar types voting for promised change. Thus far, and in light of last night's speech, no great change to help the blue collar workers coming down the pike yet. Attack the gun issue and see who the swingers, blue collar, and indies vote for in 2012.

[Dawgs]

7. No address on the crisis in the housing market?

Guns? Are you fucking kidding me?

[slackmaster]

8. An "AW" ban is a non-starter in Congress

Supporters of the ban that expired in September 2004 had ten full years to make a case for continuing it. They came up empty-handed. If the ban had done anything to improve public safety, that would have been easy to prove with statistics.