President Obama just put the Democratic Party on Notice

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Friday January 08, 2016 · 5:15 PM PST

2016/01/08 · 17:15

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I looked in the diaries to see if anyone had written about this and didn’t see it ~ if it is out there, please forgive me for a duplicate diary, but I also feel very passionate about gun control.

I grew up with guns and I was taught to respect them. My parents kept the guns and ammo separate and under lock & key. Fast forward to today… People are reckless. They parade around at malls, colleges, out door events with their guns, scaring most people (or at least ones I know). I see someone who isn’t a police officer (and maybe even an officer too, come to think about it) carrying a gun, I put as much distance as I can from them. I know, it’s sad, isn’t it?

But that is what it has come down to. The constant deaths. Murders, suicides (and some people want to take out a few citizens before they go). This has to end. It has to. I saw President Obama’s speech on taking control. Do I want more? Sure, but this is a step in the right direction. I saw him talk about this on Anderson Cooper’s show yesterday.

And now, he wrote a NYT’s op ed and he has put all of us, including democrats who refuse to support gun control, on notice.

Even as I continue to take every action possible as president, I will also take every action I can as a citizen. I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform. And if the 90 percent of Americans who do support common-sense gun reforms join me, we will elect the leadership we deserve.

No more excuses about our gun culture. No more excuses.

Those moments represent American democracy, and the American people, at our best. Meeting this crisis of gun violence will require the same relentless focus, over many years, at every level. If we can meet this moment with that same audacity, we will achieve the change we seek. And we will leave a stronger, safer country to our children.

I agree, Mr President. I stand with you. Thank you for your courage.

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