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Dr. King: Obama’s ‘Extreme Measures’ Won’t Solve Gun Violence
Newsmax
Paul Scicchitano
1/16/2013
Excerpt:
Dr. Alveda King, whose uncle Martin Luther King, Jr. was cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, tells Newsmax TV in an exclusive interview that President Barack Obama has gone too far in proposing “extreme measures” that aren’t likely to succeed in turning the tide of gun violence in America.
“I believe that you can have some normal restraints even for use of guns just like people have driver’s licenses,” King said on Wednesday. “So there should be some regulation, of course — for everything including guns — but the extreme measures that are being recommended by the current administration and the political world will not solve the problems.”
Earlier on Wednesday President Obama announced the most sweeping set of gun control measures in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn. school shooting that flooded American homes with images of tiny coffins, and selfless acts of heroism only days before Christmas.
A month after that horrific massacre, Obama also used his presidential powers to enact 23 measures that don't require the backing of lawmakers.
The president's executive actions include ordering federal agencies to make more data available for background checks, appointing a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and directing the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence.
“My dear uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was cut down by an assassin’s bullet. His mother — my grandmother, Mama King — was also shot in our church. However, my father was killed under very suspicious circumstance in the same civil rights movement, and no gun was involved,” recalled King, a pastoral associate and director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries.
“He was in a pool with no water in his lungs. And if you take away all of the guns, people can use bombs, they can use knives, they can use clubs, and they can use poison.”
By introducing the new measures just days before his inauguration, Obama is placing the gun debate at the top of his second-term agenda. He and his congressional allies face strong opposition, particularly in the Republican-run House, to his legislative proposals. Supporters in the Senate lack the 60 votes needed to advance major legislation there.
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View the complete article, including video, at:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/DrK...1/16/id/471782
Newsmax
Paul Scicchitano
1/16/2013
Excerpt:
Dr. Alveda King, whose uncle Martin Luther King, Jr. was cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, tells Newsmax TV in an exclusive interview that President Barack Obama has gone too far in proposing “extreme measures” that aren’t likely to succeed in turning the tide of gun violence in America.
“I believe that you can have some normal restraints even for use of guns just like people have driver’s licenses,” King said on Wednesday. “So there should be some regulation, of course — for everything including guns — but the extreme measures that are being recommended by the current administration and the political world will not solve the problems.”
Earlier on Wednesday President Obama announced the most sweeping set of gun control measures in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn. school shooting that flooded American homes with images of tiny coffins, and selfless acts of heroism only days before Christmas.
A month after that horrific massacre, Obama also used his presidential powers to enact 23 measures that don't require the backing of lawmakers.
The president's executive actions include ordering federal agencies to make more data available for background checks, appointing a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and directing the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence.
“My dear uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was cut down by an assassin’s bullet. His mother — my grandmother, Mama King — was also shot in our church. However, my father was killed under very suspicious circumstance in the same civil rights movement, and no gun was involved,” recalled King, a pastoral associate and director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries.
“He was in a pool with no water in his lungs. And if you take away all of the guns, people can use bombs, they can use knives, they can use clubs, and they can use poison.”
By introducing the new measures just days before his inauguration, Obama is placing the gun debate at the top of his second-term agenda. He and his congressional allies face strong opposition, particularly in the Republican-run House, to his legislative proposals. Supporters in the Senate lack the 60 votes needed to advance major legislation there.
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View the complete article, including video, at:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/DrK...1/16/id/471782