According to National Public Radio (NPR), gun control advocates believe President Obama hasn’t done enough on gun control. Since the January shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona), gun control advocates like Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence have been frustrated with the president skirting the issue, specifically during his State of the Union address.
Gun control advocates would like to see the president say something about guns. A group of city mayors called Mayors against Illegal Guns sent a critical letter stating that they find it troubling that six months after the Arizona shooting, there still hasn’t been any White House action or congressional hearing on the shooting.
The article suggests another reason for the inaction. With the upcoming elections, the president may not want to alienate swing voters.
