One element of the op-Ed President Obama published in the New York Times has raised questions about who the commander in chief would endorse. In that article, President Obama said h would "not campaign for, vote for, or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common sense gun reform."
President Obama proceeded to outline specific positions candidate must take to earn his backing, including opposing congregational votes that have "guaranteed that manufacturers enjoy virtual immunity from lawsuits, which means that they can sell lethal products and rarely face consiquences."
A majority of Americans support President Obama's actions on guns according to new opinion poll. A healthy 67 percent favour his planned executive actions, including 63 percent of people in gun-owning households, according to the CNN/ORC poll of 1,000 Americans.
Although, these same Americans are not terribly optimistic about the impact of the Obama initiatives, which would add some staff and tweak background check regulations for gun buyers. Inured to the rigidity of the gun debate, perhaps, 57 percent of those polled said they did not expect the executives to changes to actually reduce the number of gun deaths, now running to 33,000 a year
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