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April 9th, 2013 
Peter Nolan “In fact, I am here to ask you to help me show that we can get it done.”
Joining him Mr Obama on Air Force One later to head back to Washington to
begin an intense lobbying effort as Congress returns from a recess will be
family members of victims of the Newtown shootings.
The president pledged to use all the power of his office to enact measures to
stem violence after December’s killings, but as their memory has faded, the
tricky politics of Washington has chipped away at his reform package.
Mr Obama’s calls for a revived ban on assault weapons and limits on high
capacity magazines appear unlikely to pass Congress, and doubt clouds the
prospects of another plan – for expanded background checks for gun owners.
The president admitted last week that “it’s going to be tougher to get
better gun legislation to reduce gun violence through the Senate and the
House that so many of us I think want to see.”
Most Republicans oppose most Obama-backed gun reform plans, but the president
also has problems from within his own party from Democratic senators hailing
from conservative or rural states who are wary of more gun control.
The president is concentrating his efforts on background checks as intense
negotiations take place on Capitol Hill.
Edited by Bonnie Malkin
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