Sunday, February 3, 2013

Obama faces tough sell with sheriffs on gun control

President Obama will travel to Minnesota on Monday with hopes of building support in the law enforcement community for his set of gun control initiatives.
However, public safety officials outside urban pockets are increasingly hostile toward a sweeping set of proposals they say would do nothing to curtail violence.
As the details of Obama's gun plan emerged -- a ban on assault weapons, a prohibition on high-capacity ammunition clips and universal background checks -- urban law enforcement officials were among the most vocal proponents of the blueprint. However, over time, police officials in suburban and rural areas have expressed misgivings, with some becoming outspoken critics of the president's ideas.

Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-faces-tough-sell-with-sheriffs-on-gun-control/article/2520335

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