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April 11th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
“I’m not talking about something that is happening in a war zone halfway
around the world,” she said. “I’m talking about what’s happening
in the city that we call home.”
The first lady said President Obama was “fighting as hard as he can and
engaging as many people as he can, to pass common-sense reforms to protect
our children from gun violence.”
It is rare that first ladies engage so deeply in the nation’s political
discourse. Hillary Clinton was widely criticised in the early 1990s for her
role in trying to reform health care while husband Bill Clinton occupied the
Oval Office.
Michelle Obama’s plea came shortly after Senate Democrats and Republicans
announced a compromise deal on extending background checks to all commercial
gun sales, including those at gun shows and on the Internet.
The White House had sought a similar but more-comprehensive, universal
background check measure in the wake of the Newtown school massacre in
December.
The legislation must pass the Senate and the House before it becomes law.
Edited by Bonnie Malkin
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