Has Obama woke up a sleeping giant?

You tell me

2 million new background checks in November 2012. The highest on record until December when there wer 2.8 million background checks.

That's 5 million people buying new guns since the re-election.

Who knows how many background checks will be in January.

The sleeping giant is awake and buying guns like crazy.

Making something against the law will not always prevent it's use

Drugs and drunk driving have been against the law for years and that does not help.

Having a gun will not help all the time but being defenseless will never help..

Isn't it better to have a gun and not need it than to need it and not have it!!

A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again."

Dyno- I question that number. I think what will wake people up is Obamacare in 2014. When the rest gets implemented and no doctors can be found especially for the seniors. My wife's cancer doctor is thinking about quitting. She said many of her colleagues already have and no one is attending medical school. They are working long hours for less pay. Can't pay off 200k college loans off on a government salary.

Doesn't matter

The hubris of those 100 million law abiding gun owners in America ( did you just make that number up ??) must eventually result in the kind of harsh gun control laws that gun lovers have nightmares about

Obama may have or he just might. The Illuminati want the Americans disarmed so when they cause civil unrest we can't defend ourselves. Notice the Illuminati are the real perpetraitors behind it. They are hte main ones that want us Disarmed. People need to ban together and get to the source of the problem. Just like Ben Bernanke told Obama remember who the real boss is. People may want to wake up or we may have another revelution.

100 million? where did you get that number? Oh you must think that ALL people who own guns would automatically be upset with Obama's regulation! I'm a gun owner and I do NOT have a problem with his speech and his regulations. On our local news a man who owns a popular mom and pop gun shop said he supports Obama's plan and would most definitely want universal background checks. Also there is a Republican judge who like his plan. He is NOT banning guns so I am ok with his regulations. please do not assume ALL gun owners stand by extremists, militias and prepper mindset who are ready to secede or cause violence against our federal agents and our government. I do NOT stand with those people and I own a gun.

Apparently, you gun loons don't listen too well - he's NOT for banning guns - he's for banning ASSAULT weapons, that are designed to kill PEOPLE - not deer. AR-15s are the weapon of choice for lunatics that want to slaughter human beings.

Most people - including gun owners - favour some sort of control over who can purchase a gun, to try to keep them out of the hands of whackos. What part of that don't you understand?

And don't be too sure that the Dems will be defeated in 2014 - the Repubs are doing everything they can to ensure the destruction of their party - and not just with the gun issue.

Yes! He has.

NO! The law abiding gun owners will not take his bull s h I t on that front or be disarmed

YES!!! I can't wait for the mid term election so we can block dip s h I t ' s every move

YES, we need to IMPEACH him now!!!!!!!!!

YES, we he needs to be thrown in prison for the crimes he has committed!

YES, that includes his psychotic racist wife!

No, not at all. The crazy gun owners were not going to vote for him in the first place and rational gun owners, like me, who represent the majority of the 100 million, will never vote for the crazy GOP authoritarian extremists.

Doesn't look like it. Looks like a lot of big talkers carrying on with their lives.

If you honestly believed it was an attack on your rights, wouldn't you and your 100 million friends be storming the White House? Naw, you're just a bunch of talkers. Too pampered and weak to do anything about a perceived violation of your rights.

Pathetic.