Transcripts For CSPAN2 20160105 : vimarsana.com

That i had given the charge to my attorney general fbi director and the atf personnel and my white house to Work Together to see what more we could do to prevent and discourage gun violence in this country. I think everybody here is alltoofamiliar with this. We have tens of thousands of people every year who were killed by guns. We have suicides that are committed by firearms that far exceeds other countries. We have a frequency of Mass Shootings that far exceeds other countries. And although it is my strong belief that for us to get our complete arms around the Problem Congress needs to act. What ive asked my team to do is see what more we can do to strengthen our enforcement and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands and to make sure criminals, people who are mentally unstable and those who pose a danger to themselves or others are less like we do get them. I have just received back a report from attorney general lynch, director comey as well as director of brand about some of the ideas and initiatives that they think can make a difference and the good news is these are not only recommendations that are well within my Legal Authority and executive branch but they are also ones that the overwhelming majority of the American People including gunowners support and believe then. So over the next several days we will be rolling out these initiatives. We will be making sure that people have a very clear understanding of what can make a difference in what we can do and although we have to be very clear that this is not going to solve every forum crime in this country and is not going to prevent every mass shooting and its not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals it will potentially save lives and their families the pain and extraordinary loss that they have suffered as a consequence of firearms being in the hands of the wrong people. Im also confident that recommendations that are being made by my team here are ones that are entirely consistent with the Second Amendment and the peoples lawful right to bear arms. We have been very careful to recognize that although we have a strong of gun ownership in this country that even those who possess firearms for hunting, for selfprotection and for other legitimate reasons want to make sure that the wrong people dont have them for the wrong reasons. I want to say how much i appreciate the outstanding work that the team has done. Many have worked over the holidays to get this set of recommendations to me and im looking forward to speaking to the American People over the next several days. Okay . Thank you very much everybody. Thank you very much