{"id":60648,"date":"2016-07-12T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=60648"},"modified":"2016-07-12T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T06:23:21","slug":"obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When asked at a press conference last weekend about the motivations of the shooter who murdered five Dallas police officers, President Obama said Texas\u2019s open carry law is partially responsible for the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Hennessey of the Associated Press asked the President if he could \u201chelp us understand how you describe [the shooter\u2019s] motives\u201d: \u201cDo you consider this an act of domestic terrorism?\u00a0 Was this a hate crime?\u00a0 Was this a mentally ill man with a gun?\u00a0 How should Americans understand why that happened?\u201d Hennessey asked.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter \u2013 Micah Xavier Johnson \u2013 made statements before and during the incident in which he outlined his motives in no uncertain terms. He said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cb69hrPZmSk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\" title=\"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings\">\u201cwanted to kill white people, especially white police officers,\u201d<\/a> according to the Dallas Police Chief David Brown.<\/p>\n<p>This, apparently, wasn\u2019t clear enough for the President, who sidestepped Hennessey\u2019s question by saying that it\u2019s \u201chard to untangle the motives of this shooter\u201d and that he\u2019ll \u201cleave that to psychologists and people who study these kinds of incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the President doubled-down on what he sees as Texas\u2019s bad gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of what\u2019s creating tensions between communities and the police is the fact that police have a really difficult time in communities where they know guns are everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the protest in Dallas, one of the challenges for the Dallas Police Department &#8212; as they&#8217;re being shot at &#8212; is because this is an open-carry state, there are a bunch of people participating in the protest who have weapons on them,\u201d he continued.\u00a0\u201cImagine if you&#8217;re a police officer and you&#8217;re trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is true that between 20 and 30 individuals were carrying AR-15\u2019s the night of the shooting, and for this reason police initially believed they were dealing with multiple shooters. But going back to these facts as a response to Hennessey\u2019s question demonstrates once again the President\u2019s desire to use tragedy as a means to push his anti-gun agenda.<\/p>\n<p>And he didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that Philando Castile \u2013 the man killed in Minnesota last Wednesday during a traffic stop \u2013 was, in part, to blame for carrying his concealed handgun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Minneapolis, we don&#8217;t know yet what happened, but we do know that there was a gun in the car that apparently was licensed, but it caused in some fashion those tragic events,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cImagine if you&#8217;re a police officer and you&#8217;re trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them,&#8221; said Obama. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":49991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,593,240],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-jordan-michaels","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cImagine if you&#039;re a police officer and you&#039;re trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cImagine if you&#039;re a police officer and you&#039;re trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them,&quot; said Obama.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-12T16:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T06:23:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Michaels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Michaels\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jordan Michaels\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad\"},\"headline\":\"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-12T16:13:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-19T06:23:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":434,\"commentCount\":85,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/ObamaTownHall.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buzz\",\"News\",\"R2KBA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2nd Amendment - R2KBA\",\"Authors\",\"Current Events\",\"Jordan Michaels\",\"This Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/\",\"name\":\"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/ObamaTownHall.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-12T16:13:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-19T06:23:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"\u201cImagine if you're a police officer and you're trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/ObamaTownHall.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/ObamaTownHall.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Five Takeaways from Obama\u2019s Town Hall Meeting on Guns\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\\\/Digest\",\"description\":\"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GunsAmerica\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"width\":286,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"GunsAmerica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/gunsamerica_official\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/GunsAmerica\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad\",\"name\":\"Jordan Michaels\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jordan Michaels\"},\"description\":\"has been reviewing firearm-related products for over six years and enjoying them for much longer. With family in Canada, he's seen first hand how quickly the right to self-defense can be stripped from law-abiding citizens. He escaped that statist paradise at a young age, married a sixth-generation Texan, and currently lives in Tyler. Got a hot tip? Send him an email at jordan@gunsamerica.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/author\\\/jordanmichaels\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings","description":"\u201cImagine if you're a police officer and you're trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings","og_description":"\u201cImagine if you're a police officer and you're trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them,\" said Obama.","og_url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/","og_site_name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","article_published_time":"2016-07-12T16:13:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-19T06:23:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jordan Michaels","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gunsamerica","twitter_site":"@gunsamerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jordan Michaels","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/"},"author":{"name":"Jordan Michaels","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad"},"headline":"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings","datePublished":"2016-07-12T16:13:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-19T06:23:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/"},"wordCount":434,"commentCount":85,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall.jpg","keywords":["Buzz","News","R2KBA"],"articleSection":["2nd Amendment - R2KBA","Authors","Current Events","Jordan Michaels","This Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/","name":"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall.jpg","datePublished":"2016-07-12T16:13:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-19T06:23:21+00:00","description":"\u201cImagine if you're a police officer and you're trying to sort out who is shooting at you and there are a bunch of people who have got guns on them.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Five Takeaways from Obama\u2019s Town Hall Meeting on Guns"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/obama-blames-gun-laws-shootings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President Obama Blames Pro-Gun Laws for Recent Shootings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","description":"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization","name":"GunsAmerica","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","width":286,"height":156,"caption":"GunsAmerica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/x.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/instagram.com\/gunsamerica_official\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GunsAmerica"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad","name":"Jordan Michaels","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jordan Michaels"},"description":"has been reviewing firearm-related products for over six years and enjoying them for much longer. With family in Canada, he's seen first hand how quickly the right to self-defense can be stripped from law-abiding citizens. He escaped that statist paradise at a young age, married a sixth-generation Texan, and currently lives in Tyler. Got a hot tip? Send him an email at jordan@gunsamerica.com.","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/author\/jordanmichaels\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ObamaTownHall-150x100.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181117,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60648\/revisions\/181117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60648"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=60648"},{"taxonomy":"hunt365","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hunt365?post=60648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}