Two days after President Barack Obama informed the nation of his executive action to strengthen gun control with more background checks, tighter rules on who can sell guns, and more research into technologies to make guns safer, he's addressing the nation again in an op-ed written for the New York Times.
In that piece, Obama writes about his personal responsibility as "a citizen" to ensure that his successors continue to address the issue, and how he'll personally work toward that.
He also took aim at gun manufacturers, who he writes, have spent decades immune from lawsuits and averse to adding safety features to their products because of the "gun lobby's decades of efforts" to shield them, all while making it "harder for the government’s public health experts to conduct research on gun violence."
He also called for research into "microstamping for ammunition, which can help trace bullets found at crime scenes to specific guns."
He ended the essay on an encouraging note, writing that gun reform is possible even if it seems like a long and difficult road, and referring to examples not-so-distant American history as proof.
You can read the entire piece at the New York Times.