President Obama answered a question about gun policy following PBS NewsHour’s town hall on June 1 in Elkhart, Indiana. An audience member asked Obama why he and Hillary Clinton have attempted to place restrictions on gun manufacturers and owners, pointing out that the city of Chicago has one of the highest murder rates and, at the same time, some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. Obama disagreed with the notion that he or Clinton want to take away guns. “At no point have I ever proposed confiscating guns from responsible gun owners,” Obama said. Obama compared the gun safety measures he has supported to automobile laws. People need a license to drive but do not need one to buy a gun. Obama mentioned suspected ISIL sympathizers who are on the ‘no fly’ list but are still able to buy guns because of National Rifle Association (NRA) lobbying and gridlock in Congress.

NRA —National Rifle Association, an organization founded in 1871 that stands for the protection of the Second Amendment which guarantees a citizen's right to keep and bear arms no-fly list —a list, created by the U.S. government's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), of people who are prohibited from boarding a commercial aircraft for travel in or out of the U.S. ISIL —the term used by the White House for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria