https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/02/04/obamas-simple-cynical-guns-calculus/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:50:06 -0400<![CDATA[President Obama flew out to Minnesota today to make another pitch for more gun control. He could govern and produce a budget plan for the first time in years; he chooses to campaign instead. He wants &#8220;universal&#8221; background checks, along with a few other things. He wants to limit magazine capacity. He again deployed the flawed logic that &#8220;if it saves one life,&#8221; then we must act. If it saves one life, we should go about banning cars, peanuts, water, electricity, and sitting around. All of those things can kill you. None of the president&#8217;s proposals would have prevented the Newtown massacre, except increasing security in schools, which he has cut funding for but now supports. It&#8217;s the NRA&#8217;s position. The mainstream media never challenges him on the fact that his own ideas would do nothing about mass killings.]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:57:50 -0500<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2013/02/04/obamas-simple-cynical-guns-calculus-n176481