gun violence is down except in areas where the mass shootings occurred and that s because they are gun free zones. there are stats he did not mention. in the middle of the speech at one point he said by the way a lot are from chicago. he threw it in to give him a pass. people accuse him of not saying that. the statistics matter a great deal. we have seen the liberalization and the influx of maybe 200 million guns in the last 25, 30 years and the gun crime rate has gone down. all of the statistics on the daily caller is important. the way discussed is dishonest. even if that was not the case it would be important to protect the second amendment because it is an individual right and it is based on the real individual right which is a self-defense. you cannot say to somebody, look you don t get to defend yourself. self-defense is theoretical
hi, everyone. i m tamron hall. developing news this hour. president obama bringing his call to action on gun control to chicago where hundreds of people have been killed by gun violence in the past year. the president is expected to arrive in his hometown any minute. chicago s gun crime rate has been on the rise, 42 deaths in january, the most reported for that month in a decade. 506 people killed last year, up from 435 people the year before. the white house says the economy will be number one on the president s agenda, but the president is also expected to push for stricter gun laws. it will be the first time he s taken up the issue during his three-day post-state of the union tour. before leaving for chicago, the president got limb emotional at the presidential citizens medal ceremony at the white house. he handed out posthumous awards