US President Barack Obama acknowledged today that reforms to reduce gun violence in the country will not occur in his presidency and said that a comprehensive response to a "national crisis" in an opinion piece published in the necessary The New York Times.
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In the letter, Obama said that "reducing gun violence will be tough. It is clear that a common sense reform will not happen with this Congress; it will not happen during my presidency. "
"Nevertheless there are steps we can take to save lives, and all of us -a level of government, the private sector or citizens-we are part of it," the president said.
The opinion piece was published two days after Obama announced his intention to perform executive decrees to increase the use of background checks on gun sales between individuals, hitherto exempt.
This measure will be taken at the refusal of Congress, dominated by Republicans in both houses since 2014, to pass reforms in the sale of arms and control of criminal and psychological history after the tragedy of school Sandy Hook in late 2012, in the who shot dead 20 children died.
Obama, who since the massacre carried out by a young man with mental problems has aired his frustration, said he will campaign to support or not to support political reforms "common sense".
"Now that I do my best as chairman and will act as a citizen: I will not be voting campaign and will support candidates or even in my party not to support common-sense reforms in weapons," the president added.