AP:
President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition.
So, in the face of Republican
obstruction of and
NRA pushback against the most basic (and popular) gun legislation—universal background checks—President Obama is putting a human face on his policy agenda. Or, as Republicans will surely say, he's giving them yet another reason to not do anything about guns.