In Live Address, Obama Takes His Plan For Gun Control To The Public : The Two-Way : NPR

In Live Address, Obama Takes His Plan For Gun Control To The Public : The Two-Way : NPR: "Saying that Second Amendment rights matter, President Obama states:



 "There are other rights that we care about, as well, and we have to be able to balance them. Because our right to worship freely and safely — that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, S.C.; and that was denied Jews in Kansas City; and that was denied Muslims in Chapel Hill, and Sikhs in Oak Creek. They had rights, too."



He then says the right of peaceful assembly has been robbed in movie theaters in Colorado and Louisiana — and the pursuit of happiness and liberty has also been taken away in attacks on schools. 




"Those rights were stripped from college kids in Blacksburg, in Santa Barbara, and from high-schoolers in Columbine, and from first-graders in Newtown."



 While applause had followed the president's listing of those events, his final words about students were said after an emotional pause; they were greeted with silence in the room.



 The president repeats: "First-graders.""



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