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Are also ones that the overwhelming majority of the american people, including gun owners, support and believe in. >> joining us now more on this is an author and columnist with the liberal website the daily cost. thank you for being with us. is this what you were expecting from the president? given all of the outcry from gun groups in the past few days, it all seems pretty timid. >> well, i mean, i think the obama administration and the president himself has been looking at this for a couple of years now. so it's not a complete shock. we've been seeing him come out with more executive orders ...

And i think, you know, some of the most recent tragedies have brought it back to the fore. so i think it's not completely unsurprising. it's also not unsurprising that the republicans have reacted in the manner that they have. >> these are all very incremental moves. as you say, they have been talked about for a very long time. it's not like he's, you know, going around rounding up all the guns in the united states, all 300 million of them. one of the big criticisms has been his use of executive action here, essentially bypassing congress. i guess my question for you is, why couldn't he get ev...

In a 104-degree room with a lot of sweaty people. but first, gun control. president obama has put his proposals on the table and now the fight to get them made into law leads to congress. >> the president concedes enacting new gun laws will be difficult. abc's karen travers joining us from washington with more on this. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, paula and john. after the sandy hook elementary tragedy, president obama said the nation needs to change. yesterday, he outlined what he's going to do and what he'll push congress to do to prevent future gun violence. the tragic ...

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