Sign in to comment!     White House draws criticism ahead of gun
control announcement  President Obama will unveil a
comprehensive effort to address gun violence as he calls on
Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity
magazines as part of an aggressive agenda that is drawing
resistance from some Republican lawmakers and gun rights
advocates.  The president, facing criticism over his potential
use of executive action to push multiple gun control measures,
will be joined by children who wrote him letters about gun
violence and school safety at a press conference shortly before
noon on Wednesday.  "(Obama) believes and knows that most all
gun owners are highly responsible, they buy their guns legally,
and they use them safely," White House Press Secretary Jay
Carney said Tuesday. "He also has seen and believes that most
gun owners support the idea of commonsense measures to prevent
people who shouldn't have guns from getting them."  Carney,
without getting into specifics, vowed a "compreh