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Do You Support Obama's Gun Control Measures?

Patch wants to know what Parsippany residents feel about the contentious issue surrounding public safety and Second Amendment rights.

 

President Barack Obama launched a major national gun-control effort Wednesday, instituting a number of executive orders and a call for the U.S. Congress to approve an assault weapons ban, the prohibition of magazines that hold more than 10 bullets and background checks for all gun buyers. 

The president also agreed with the National Rifle Association's call for increasing the number of armed guards in schools.

The move comes as a reaction to prevent mass shootings like the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in which an allegedly mentally ill man killed 20 first graders and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Of course, there is opposition to the president's ideas.

The NRA said that as the nation considers how to protect public safety, the emphasis should be placed on dealing with issues surrounding those with mental illnesses and not on limiting the rights of citizens to own the weapons they choose.

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) told Fox News that Obama's proposals would lead to "drawn-out court battles."

Meanwhile, CNN reported that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) pointed out that none of the ideas Obama proposes would have saved the children and adults who died in Connecticut.

And the National Parent-Teacher Organization, while supporting many of President Obama's plans, called his plan to put armed protectors in schools "a disappointment," reported the Washington Post.

What do you think? Do you agree with the president or do you believe that the Second Amendment should be inviolate?

Take the poll! Patch wants to know what Parsippany thinks.

  • How should government approach the issue of gun control?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • I support the president's plan: banning assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 10 bullets, and closing registration loopholes.
        19 (61%)
    • I support the NRA's stand: protecting Second Amendment rights and focusing not on the weapon, but on issues involving mentally ill people and putting good guys with guns in schools to protect our children.
        12 (38%)
    • Unsure.
        0 (0%)
    Total votes: 31
  • Your vote will only count once. This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: National Rifle Association, Newtown, Obama, Poll, Sandy Hook Elementary School, and gun control

Bill J

9:05 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

It seems as if no one wants to address the subject of whether or not Mr Obama has overstepped his "executive" priviledges, and whether or not this grab for guns is Constitutional. Mr. Obama has shown a continuing disdain for the Constitution, and the American peoples Constutional rights.

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clyde donovan

12:08 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

You forgot to add.............because he's a Muslim born in Kenya.

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b flake

8:00 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

I look forward to his eventual impeachment, if not on this issue on one (or more) in the next 4 years of his tyranny.

George L. Blair

11:41 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

So you want to leave it up to the right wing of the Republican Party to do something about protecting our kids. The right wing of Congress has shown no willingness to work with this President for whatever reasons. At least he is trying to do something. If it were your kid on the other end of a gun I bet you would be glad somebody did something.

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Wil

3:38 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

There's the nothing President, nor anyone else has proposed that will stop what happened in Newtown or Aurora.

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Selene

12:28 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

Totally agree George, the repubs have been fighting the Pres on every issue, just for the sake of making his job more difficult. The repubs even fought him on the age old, 60 year old infrastructure funding that every Congress has passed since Roosevelt. Vote these repub a-holes OUT!

laura

2:01 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Yet, Obama and his children are protected with armed security guards. Double standard.

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Wil

3:36 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Don't you think there is a different security threat to his children than many others? Applying that logic, why should nuke facilities have tighter security than coal or gas?

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clyde donovan

4:51 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Christie and his family are protected by armed guards too, so anything Christie has to say about guns is just another load of baloney.

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Selene

12:09 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

That my dear, is just a stupid comment, he's the President.

Nancy Choffo

4:20 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

I will not give up my constituional rights. Lock up the criminals and leave the law abiding citizens alone. I have the right to protect my family. The government has spent more money protecting criminals. Going to jail isn't so bad for these people. Maybe we should go back to bread and water as their food. Let's make it a place that they would never want to return to. Isn't that supposed to be the idea? No more cable tv or gyms in the jails. Let's take all the junk food away from kids because it makes them fat but don't go out to play because its too dangerous out there. Something is seriously wrong in this country. "When people lock their doors and hide inside. Rumor has it it's the end of paradise."

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Hank Heller

6:24 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Nancy,
Sometimes I have to stand up and applaud what you are saying. I hope you can hear my claping. You deserve respect for your comment above.
Have a nice night.

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Selene

12:14 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

Do you own a gun Nancy? Did you obtain it with all the proper permits? Then what the heck are you talking about? Are you seriously saying going to jail is vacation? BTW, most people in prison are there for victimless drug possession charges. Educate yourself.

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Selene

12:21 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

No one is taking away your right to own a handgun or a rifle. Just the assault weapons. If you are that paranoid and fearful, I pity you. Too many stupid people fall victim to the media blitz of a few randon acts of violence. Take your kids to the park for the afternoon instead of watching Housewives of NJ.

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Nancy Choffo

8:03 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

Selene,
We are losing our freedoms little by litte. We need to stop giving up our freedoms. Whether I own a gun or not doesn't matter. I don't break the law. By the way drug users are not victimless. People die from drug use everyday. And don't forget about the children who are born to these addicts. They are truly the victims. Drug users are in fact are breaking the law with out regard. I am very educated but maybe you need to start reading some history books. You can start with the rise of Hilter.

As for my children, I would do everything in my power to keep them safe. My husband and I raise them and not the government. I do not want our government to tell them what to think. My children will think for themselves and have morals. They will be productive members of society. I take time everyday to help them with their homework, make dinner and actually play board games with them, just like my mother did. They are not taken for granted.

By the way, I would never lower myself to watch that garbage on tv.

MJ1

4:51 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

100% - Anyone that needs a high powered assault rifle or more than a 10 round clip should have their heads examined.

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Tom

12:09 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

But Mike according to the N.R.A what happens when 13 or 15 guys come to break into your house???

clyde donovan

4:53 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

I can't answer the poll. I don't support Obama's proposals and I don't support the NRA's suggestion to put armed guards in school.

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Pete

11:23 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

There are armed guards in banks, hospitals, and courthouses; I think even the guards in the libraries are armed. What's so wrong about putting armed guards into schools ?

I think people who oppose that step are burying their heads in the sand.

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Natalie Davis

5:28 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

Some are pacifists, Pete. Many (though definitely not most) people have problems with guns anywhere, while knowing that those who opt to have tools of violence have that right under law.

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Robert Simpson

7:23 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

Obama has an agenda which he has not yet disclosed. Closing mental hospitals and placing patients in housing around the neighborhood is not working. Christy's plan of giving judges more authority over mental patients is a good plan and need to be implanted faster.

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Selene

1:02 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013

Excuse me. It was Christie's first order of business when elected to close down mental health facilities and place those people in half way houses or out on the street. The Budget he implimented reflects this. It's available for your review. Just search NJ budget for his election year. It's disgraceful and please also note the cuts to college grants.

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Robert Simpson

12:47 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013

Selene: I should have more clear. I was referring to Greystone in Morris county and Brookside in Essex County and other hospitals throughout the State which were closed before Christie became governor. Patients were transferred to half way houses or to other facilities.

b flake

7:58 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

Barry's executive orders will do nothing, and nothing is going to be done because the 2nd amendment / Bill of Rights is supreme. Remember, Saturday January 19 is Gun Day, lock and load!

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David Comora

9:53 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013

Nice to see all of our conservative friends suddenly concerned with addressing the issue of mental health, and supporting increasing government spending in this area. Its a shame that its taken a threat to their ability to own assault weapons for them to support this liberal cause.

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