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Close-up of woman firing hand gun at target on shooting range at 'Range, Gun and Safes' gun shopSpringfield, Virginia 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Erich Pratt, Director of Communications, Gun Owners of America: \"None of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAtlanta, Georgia \u003cbr/\u003e1. Close-up of woman firing hand gun at target on shooting range at 'Range, Gun and Safes' gun shop\u003cbr/\u003eSpringfield, Virginia \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Erich Pratt, Director of Communications, Gun Owners of America: \u003cbr/\u003e\"None of the policies that he (Obama) laid out would have in any way prevented the Connecticut shooting, the very tragic shooting because the perpetrator there killed his victim, stole the firearms and that's how, and so, no gun ban, no background check, nothing, would have, in fact, Connecticut had one of the strictest bans on semi-automatic firearms in the nation and obviously that didn't stop him.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC\u003cbr/\u003e3. US President Barack Obama signing executive order\u003cbr/\u003eSpringfield, Virginia \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Erich Pratt, Director of Communications, Gun Owners of America: \u003cbr/\u003e\"First of all, we don't think that the Second Amendment allows for wiggle room for our rights. It says that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. So any time we're putting prior restraints or restrictions on law abiding people, asking them to prove their innocence to the government before they can exercise their right, we think that goes totally contrary to the notion of God given rights.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAtlanta, Georgia \u003cbr/\u003eRange, Gun \u0026amp;amp; Safes (Gun Shop)\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close-up of television screen at 'Range, Gun and Safes' gun shop showing Obama speaking about gun control \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of Paul Yarbrough, Assistant Manager, 'Range, Guns \u0026amp;amp; Safes,' watching Obama on television, UPSOUND: (English) Yarbrough: \"How do you stand a well-regulated militia without military grade firearms?\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donnie Smith, Manager, 'Range, Guns \u0026amp;amp; Safes:'\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know the guns are out there. Over 90 percent of all gun crimes are committed with stolen guns.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pull out of television screen showing Obama speaking\u003cbr/\u003e9. Zoom in on Paul Yarbrough, Assistant Manager, 'Range, Guns \u0026amp;amp; Safes,' watching Obama on television, UPSOUND: (English) Yarbrough: \"He has no idea of what gun owners in America are thinking of what he is saying right now.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan across Smith and Yarbrough watching Obama speech, UPSOUND: (English) Smith: \"Unfortunately the guy at Sandy Hook he didn't have a background check when shot his mother in the head and took her guns. There was no background check for that so I don't think a background check would have been too handy there.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Yarbrough, Assistant Manager, 'Range, Guns \u0026amp;amp; Safes:'\u003cbr/\u003e\"Back door regulation and look at Australia and Great Britain. At some point it will lead to confiscation and disarming the people. It's a long, drawn out process but it's only going in one direction.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donnie Smith, Manager, 'Range, Guns \u0026amp;amp; Safes:'\u003cbr/\u003e\"The person is the criminal, not the weapon, no matter what type of weapon you have the criminal is going to be a criminal or an insane person is going to be an insane.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Pan across men firing handguns at targets in range\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donnie Smith, Manager, 'Range, Guns \u0026amp;amp; Safes:'\u003cbr/\u003e\"The restrictions are going to be there. That just means the prices are going to double, triple, sometimes quadruple for the same things. They will still be out there, they will still be for sale. All it's going to do is raise the prices.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of man holding rifle in shop\u003cbr/\u003eUS gun owners reacted negatively on Wednesday to President Barack Obama's launch of the most sweeping effort to curb American gun violence in nearly two decades.\u003cbr/\u003eMany gun rights advocates pointed out that the proposed laws, including background checks, would not have prevented last month's school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.\u003cbr/\u003eThe gun control debate heated up after Adam Lanza, 20, shot his way into Sandy Hook elementary school on 14 December and killed 26 people before committing suicide. \u003cbr/\u003eLanza also killed his mother, who kept guns at the home she shared with her son.\u003cbr/\u003e\"None of the policies that he (Obama) laid out would have in any way prevented the Connecticut shooting,\" said Erich Pratt, Director of Communications for the 'Gun Owners of America' group.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In fact, Connecticut had one of the strictest bans on semi-automatic firearms in the nation and obviously that didn't stop him.\"\u003cbr/\u003eObama is pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown shooting.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the wake of the horrific massacre, the president also used his powers to enact 23 measures that do not require the backing of lawmakers. \u003cbr/\u003ePratt cited the Second Amendment in his opposition to Obama's proposals.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We don't think that the Second Amendment allows for wiggle room for our rights,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Any time we're putting prior restraints or restrictions on law abiding people, asking them to prove their innocence to the government before they can exercise their right, we think that goes totally contrary to the notion of God given rights.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn a statement, the National Rifle Association quickly challenged Obama's proposals.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Attacking firearms and ignoring children is not a solution to the crisis we face as a nation,\" it said. \u003cbr/\u003eThe NRA said the only people who will be affected will be \"honest, law-abiding gun owners,\" while children will \"remain vulnerable to the inevitability of more tragedy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStaff at the 'Range, Gun and Safes' shop in Atlanta, Georgia, felt that the proposed regulations would do little to curb gun violence, as they watched the president's speech on television.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know the guns are out there. Over 90 percent of all gun crimes are committed with stolen guns,\" Manager Donnie Smith said.\u003cbr/\u003eSmith also cast doubt about the effectiveness of background checks, in the wake of the Newtown massacre.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Unfortunately the guy at Sandy Hook, he didn't have a background check when shot his mother in the head and took her guns,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There was no background check for that so I don't think a background check would have been too handy there.\"\u003cbr/\u003eObama's proposals are aimed at gun violence in general, not just mass shootings. \u003cbr/\u003eHe said more than 900 Americans have been killed by guns in the month since the Connecticut shooting.\u003cbr/\u003eThe public appears receptive to stronger federal action on guns. \u003cbr/\u003eNearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of the Connecticut shooting, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.\u003cbr/\u003eThree-quarters of Americans said they reacted to 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