
Yesterday afternoon, every single proposal on gun control failed in the United States Senate. Even the plan to expand background checks to all buyers, which had overwhelming public support in polls, collapsed under pressure from the gun-rights lobby.
Standing in the Rose Garden with parents of Sandy Hook children who lost their lives and former Rep. Gabby Giffords, President Obama made no attempt to hide his outrage at the Republican-led filibuster that billed the bill "even as those families looked on from the Senate gallery." Click here to watch his remarks.
Response from conservatives to the President's remarks has been equally filled with outrage. Columnists such as Andrew Breitbart, in an editorial entitled, "Obama Throws Tantrum Over Gun Control Defeat," wrote:
Rarely have Americans ever seen a president attack his opponents so viciously, expressing and evoking such visceral emotions--especially at a time of mourning. President Obama's tirade contrasted with his reserved, measured response to the Boston Marathon bombings, in which he urged Americans to speak and act with restraint. If this has been, as he claimed, "a pretty shameful day in Washington," the president's tantrum was the most shameful moment of all.
What is more outrageous? Gun control failure or a publicly disappointed President?
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