Perspectives

Here, we will help you put President Barack Obama’s remarks on common-sense gun safety reform in perspective by referring to current issues and by comparing them with another speec…

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Current issues

First of all, note that the executive actions proposed by Obama in 2013 were rejected by the Congress and defeated in the Senate. After that, a new wave of mass-shootings and gun-related incidents took place, events which urged Obama to come up with new measures regarding gun safety.

Nowadays, the issue is still the subject of debate between Democrats and Republi…

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Related speeches

It would be helpful to compare this speech with Barack Obama’s speech on reducing gun violence delivered on 8th of April, 2013.

Obama’s remarks on reducing gun violence came as a response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, where 20 children and 6 adults were fatally shot. In his 2013 speech, Obama praises the people in Connecticut for convincing their leaders to pass gun-control measures meant to …