Here's How Obama And The Gun Industry Could Strike A Deal

Here's How Obama And The Gun Industry Could Strike A Deal
US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden watches on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday will sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden watches on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday will sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Thanks to numerous White House hints and several Joe Biden photo-ops, we all know the outlines of the legislative package President Barack Obama is expected to announce Wednesday around midday: restrictions on so-called assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, more background checks, tougher enforcement of existing gun laws, better record-keeping on the mentally ill. It is no surprise that the gun industry, like the gun owners' lobby, the National Rifle Association, will fight fiercely against any kind of ban on semiautomatic rifles or ammo capacity.

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