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Obama vows to keep talking about gun control
Washington: With Republican controlled Congress unwilling to act on his call to enact tough gun laws, President Barack Obama vowed to keep talking about it and explore what he could do on his own.
“I’m going to talk about this on a regular basis. And I will politicise this. Because our inaction is a political decision that we’re making,” Obama said Friday at a White House press conference a day after the massacre at a Oregon community college.
“Unless we change that political dynamic, we’re not going to be able to make a big dent in this problem,” he said asking gun-control advocates to act as “single-issue voters,” punishing and rewarding politicians at the polls on the topic.
The powerful gun lobby led by the National Rifle Association (NRA) “has had a good start. They’ve been at this a long time, they’ve perfected what they do,” Obama said.
They “know how to stir up fear; they know how to stir up their base; they know how to raise money; they know how to scare politicians,” he said of NRA that rates politicians from A to F based on their support for its cause.
Obama said he has asked his administration to look into “what kinds of authorities do we have to enforce the laws that we have in place more effectively to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.”
He also indirectly criticised Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush for his comments in the wake of the Oregon college shooting that “stuff happens.”
“I had this challenge as governor, ’cause we had, look, stuff happens, there’s always a crisis. And the impulse is always to do something and it’s not necessarily the right thing to do,” he said at a campaign stop in South Carolina.
Asked about Bush’s comment, Obama said: “I don’t even think I have to react to that one. I think the American people should hear that and make their own judgments based on the fact that every couple of months we have a mass shooting,”
“And they can decide if they consider that ‘stuff happening.'”
Bush clarified later to reporters that his comment was “not related to Oregon.”
Meanwhile, the influential Washington Post reported that gun control measures are unlikely to gain steam in Congress after the Oregon shooting.
The Post noted that that it has been more than two years since Capitol Hill saw its last significant gun-control vote, following the December 2012 killings of 20 children and six adults in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school.
Two senators – Republican Patrick J. Toomey and Democrat Joe Manchin III both previously endorsed by the NRA- proposed legislation that would expand current federal background checks to include weapons sold at gun shows and on the Internet.
The measure fell five votes short of the 60 necessary for passage. Since then, the outlook for gun-control advocates has gotten even more grim, it said.
Five of the Senate Democrats who voted in favour of the Manchin-Toomey amendment have since been replaced by NRA-endorsed Republicans, the Post noted.
The New York Times also noted the “gun lobby has such a grip on Congress that it has successfully squelched most federal research on the problem.”
Last year the FBI, prompted by the White House, issued a report confirming that mass shootings have been rising significantly in recent years — from 6.4 a year between 2000 and 2006 to 16.4 a year between 2007 and 2013.
Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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