介绍:
Obama to take action on guns
Firearm n. 火器；枪炮 –TEM4
Violence n. 暴力；侵犯-CET4
tooth and nail 拼命，竭尽全力
consistent adj. 始终如一的，一致的；坚持的 –CET4
potentially adv. 可能地，潜在地-CET4
US President Barack Obama is to widen background checks on buyers of firearms, in a series of measures to address gun violence.
The plans will be announced on Tuesday by the president, despite opposition from Congress to new gun laws.
All sellers who operate online or at gun shows will be forced to conduct background checks on potential buyers.
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said he would fight the executive actions "tooth and nail".
But Mr Obama says his new measures will be within his legal authority and consistent with the Second Amendment, which grants Americans the right to bear arms.
And while they will not solve every violent crime in the US, he said they will potentially "save lives and spare families the pain" of loss.
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The plan announced on Monday evening by the White House:
• All sellers must be licensed and conduct background
checks, overturning current exemptions to some online
and gun show sellers.
• States must provide information on people disqualified
due to mental illness or domestic violence.
•FBI will increase workforce processing background
checks by 50%, hiring more than 230 new examiners.
•Congress will be asked to invest $500m (£339m) to
improve access to mental healthcare.
•The departments of defence, justice and homeland security will explore "smart gun technology" to improve gun safety.
