Obama to Exploit Mass Shootings to Push Gun Control for Remainder of Term (VIDEO)

That's an excellent clip from CBS News 2 Los Angeles below.

And at WSJ, "Obama to Use Public Campaign Against Gun Violence":

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama vowed to use the bully pulpit for the remainder of his term to draw attention to gun violence following Thursday’s mass shooting on a college campus in Oregon.

Mr. Obama, speaking during a news conference on Friday, appeared resigned to getting no traction on gun-control legislation before he leaves office. Instead, he said his primary strategy going forward would be to mount a public campaign.

“I’m going to talk about this on a regular basis, and I’m going to politicize it,” Mr. Obama said. “Because our inaction is a political decision that we are making.”

Thursday’s shooting took place at Umpqua Community College, outside Roseburg, Ore., which is about 180 miles south of Portland.

Mr. Obama said until the political dynamic on gun safety changes, he won’t make a big dent in the problem.

He dismissed critics’ argument that the issue is mental illness—not guns. The majority of people who have mental illnesses aren’t shooters, he said, and other countries have angry young men but lower homicide rates.

“The only thing we can do is make sure they can’t have an entire arsenal when something snaps,” the president said. “You can’t kill as many people when you don’t have easy access to these kinds of weapons.”

And at Big Government, "Obama Goes Beyond Mere Gun Control, Hints at Confiscation."