Obama presses for gun proposals in Minnesota
In this photo released by the White House, President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. The White House released a photo of Obama firing a gun, two days before he heads to Minnesota to discuss gun control. In a recent interview with The New Republic magazine, Obama said yes when asked if he has ever fired a gun. He said "we do skeet shooting all the time," except for his daughters, at Camp David. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama listens with local leaders and law enforcement officials while participating in a roundtable discussion at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minn. From left are, Samuel Rahamin, Minneapolis Police Officer Mike Kirchen, the president, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama, and others, listens during a roundtable discussion at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minn. From left are, Minneapolis Police Officer Mike Kirchen, the president, and Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Barack Obama is pressing for a ban on military-style firearms and for universal background checks for gun buyers, taking his case directly to the public amid divisions over the proposals in Congress. Obama says the measures to limit access to some weapons or to require a check of criminal histories during weapons purchases are common sense measures that have support of the public. But he says: "We don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something." Before his remarks Monday, Obama held a roundtable discussion at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center, speaking with law enforcement and community leaders.
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