After years of asking for change and a Republican-thwarted legislative attempt at gun control, the only change Barack Obama has seen has been to his aging face.
“I feel bad for Barack Obama,” host Trevor Noah said on Thursday’s episode of “The Daily Show.” “He’s been begging for gun control for six years and the only major change to the gun debate since he got into office has been to his face. You gotta feel for him. We have found the amount of pressure under which black does crack.”
But there is hope, Noah said. Lawmakers like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have found the fountain of youth.
“He’s barely aged in the past six years! And all he’s had to do about mass shootings is take no steps whatsoever,” Noah said. “Congress has discovered the fountain of youth: pure distilled inaction.”
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LOL. On the other hand, turtles rarely show their age. (Please forgive me, real turtles–some of my most favorite creatures on earth).
Obama has done everything but stand on his head to move the gun control needle in the right direction.
There have been 445 mass murders so far this year. Joe Scarborough was excoriating Obama this morning, for not being able to thwart the Muslims with the assault rifles.
He’s still the most handsome POTUS ever.
Yes I would agree.
Edit to add: Oh, I stand corrected. I thought you said most hopeless.
“Obama has done everything but stand on his head to move the gun control needle in the right direction.” Really?
WASHINGTON 11/12/15 – Congressional leaders won’t take up gun control legislation, so a handful of Democrats are turning to President Barack Obama to get something done.
Four lawmakers wrote to Obama on Thursday urging him to use his executive authority to require gun manufacturers who sell guns to the federal government to use stricter safety measures, like researching “smart guns” and working with law enforcement. Last year, the government awarded more than $130 million in federal contracts to major gun manufacturers like Glock and Smith & Wesson, both of which also sell guns to the general public.
“As the largest single domestic buyer of guns, the federal government is in a position to demand changes from gun manufacturers through the procurement process,” reads the letter from Reps. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Elizabeth Esty (Conn.) and Robin Kelly (Ill.).
“We should use our buying power to encourage gun manufacturers to research and create smart guns, to regulate the sales of their guns to ensure that they are only sold to reputable and authorized sellers who conduct background searches on all purchases, and encourage manufacturers to work with local law enforcement,” the lawmakers write.
A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on the letter.