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By Gregory Korte, Jan 07, 2015 USA Today
"Part of the reason I think this becomes a difficult issue is because people occupy different realities," Obama told CNN host Anderson Cooper in a passionate but civil televised town hall forum on guns. "There are a whole bunch of law-abiding citizens who have grown up hunting with their dad or going to the shooting range, and are responsible gun-owners, and then there's the reality that there are neighborhoods around the country where it is easier for a 12- or a 13-year-old to purchase a gun and cheaper than it is for them to get a book."
In his pitch for what he called "common-sense" gun safety measures, Obama addressed gun owners directly: "Keep in mind, for the gun owners who are in attendance here, my suspicion is that you all had to go through a background check. And it didn't prevent you from getting a weapon. And the notion that you should have to do that, but there are a whole bunch of folks who are less responsible than you who don't have to do it, doesn't make much sense."
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