“This is our historic moment to go on offense,” NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre told members in a post-election video address. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot more very bold, aggressive, in-your-face political actions by gun rights activists,” he said. Though Obama’s actions were hailed by gun control groups and slammed by the NRA, they were in fact mostly symbolic. Gun violence prevention groups, which won three important victories on state-level ballot measures to advance gun control, pledged to play strong defense and to keep pushing for gun control legislation. Instead, the threat of potential gun control has served as an ironic boost to gun sales.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2016 12:00 UTC