The two-week recess to return to the Senate, the Obama administration is stepping up its push lawmakers this week to take action on gun control.
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Michelle Obama scheduled this week, advocacy events suggested by the management's gun, but even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, ?-NEV, comprehensive mobile gun package Calendar Senate to consider in April, is currently unclear whether or not to make the Republican vote.
Obama is scheduled Monday at the University of Hartford, just 50 miles north of Sandy Hook Elementary School, which has 20 children and six educators to promote gun control, was shot dead last year, triggering the state of the call for reform of the firearm legislation.
Last week in Denver, Colorado, Obama issued a similar appeal, another large-scale scene of the shooting just 4 miles from last year in Aurora cinema.
"Only in this way, this time will be different, if the requirements of the American people, this time, it must be different, this time, we must do something to protect our communities and our children," the president said on Wednesday.
Tuesday, Biden plans with law enforcement officials at the White House organized activities, and the First Lady planning a trip to Chicago on Wednesday to talk about the elimination of violence in the community.
Reid bill moves to the Senate calendar does not include the controversial assault weapons ban, but the general background check requirements are placed in the plan concerns the future of the bill holding pattern for some Republicans have expressed concern, which will lead to a National Registry gun.
Full Senate could begin to consider at the beginning of this week, or there may be a week after the gun measures, but a group of Senator Rand Paul, under the leadership of Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, has threatened to filibuster any infringement of United States legislation the constitutional rights of the people to take up arms or on their exercise of this right is not monitored by the government. "
"We will oppose any legislation that will serve as the vehicle any additional gun restrictions motion, Senator Reid wrote a letter.
A senior Republican senator said that the legislation should at least be taken into account, rather than in the Senate to obstruct being blocked.
"I do not understand, what are we afraid of?", R-Arizona Senator John McCain said in the CBS (CBS) "Face the Nation" Sunday.
"Please let us go on the floor, if we go to the floor, I still hope that what I call the sweet spot - background checks - to be successful, we're working on," said Sen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y. CBS (CBS) "Face the Nation."
White House senior adviser David Pfeiffer told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos administration said a background check of the bill will be approved, "If people are willing to compromise. "
Camera, they are not forced to look for Newtown families in the face, and now they want to make it harder to filibuster, "Pfeiffer ASID. "If we have a simple up or down vote, we can get this done."
"This is a problem, there is a support rate of 90% is what the president wants to sign a strong bipartisan bill, has enforced a background check, and we can get that done, Pfeiffer said:" ABC 's "This Week" Sunday.
Senate re-the National Rifle measurement this month, some states have taken action and legislation through the scanner in the past month. In addition to the state of Connecticut, the company last week signed into law in some countries since the massacre of Sandy Hook Elementary School strict gun laws, Colorado, Maryland, and New York State has enacted a new gun restrictions.
"Less place in our country has demonstrated the ability to do, we come together," Dannel State Governor Malloy, D-Conn said on Thursday signed the bill.
National Rifle Association oppose the ban on assault weapons and universal background checks, executive vice president Wayne LaPierre criticized the legislation of the State of Connecticut.
Connecticut do criminals, drug traffickers, the horror and terror of the people to do, they do not intend to cooperation, "said Lapierre Fox News interview, on a Thursday.
Wayne let me think of a clown in the circus, they get the most attention, which is paid to do, "Malloy said on CNN's" State Union "Sunday. "This guy is so out of the woods, this is incredible."
An ABC News / Washington Post survey in March found that 91% of the public in favor of a universal background checks on 52% of the people in favor of stricter gun control laws in the country.
 



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