Opinionated - I can't answer the Obama question, to be honest... if I do some research and come up with an educated opinion on that I'll let you know.

I understand the need to protect ourselves. My wife and I have done the same things as you have to be gun owners. Not everyone does and the biggest loophole are gun sellers that don't follow the rules and the lack of universal background checks and gun show loopholes. There is no reason a law cannot be passed and measures taken to enforce them and hold people accountable if they break the law.

Importantly, if these laws are enacted, they need to be enforced and real consequences faced by those that break the law.

Law enforcement has to do their job. When Illinois enacted the ban on assault weapons, the law stated that those that already owned such a weapon could keep them, but they had to be registered with the state, otherwise they could face criminal penalties. No big deal, we all register our cars, our dogs for rabies, it's the law.

The last figure I saw stated about 52,000 Illinois residents had registered their weapon. Unfortunately, the majority of Sheriffs in Illinois have publicly stated they will not enforce the law.

Not their decision, they don't get to pick and choose what laws they enforce. Now, we all know law enforcement sometimes has to choose what laws they enforce based on a variety of factors, but to come out and publicly state this is irresponsible and they should be fired. They are law enforcement officers, they don't get to make the law.