Federal Government Policy and Business

As Obama tries to bridge divide on guns, it seems as wide as ever

The Washington Post: Ahead of President Obama’s town-hall-style event on guns Thursday night at George Mason University, the campus police chief sent an email to students alerting them that protesters might show up outside the venue with their firearms.

He noted that Virginia is an open-carry state in which it is legal to publicly carry and display licensed firearms. The matter-of-fact tone of the notice underscored the challenge for a president who has described his inability to move the nation toward what he considers “common sense” restrictions on firearms access as his most frustrating failure. And it may also highlight the scope of Obama’s disconnect with a large segment of the American public on the issue.

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