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Barack Obama: “I don't really understand what it is that we're doing in…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Barack Obama Discusses Leadership, Democracy, and AI at Hamilton College

Published | Video Starts at 15:43

Hunting, I understand hunting. I understand shooting for sport, or I understand wanting to have a firearm for protection potentially at home. I don't really understand what it is that we're doing in allowing semiautomatic weapons in people's hands. But I couldn't. I could not persuade enough of the country and certainly enough of Congress to prioritize that. But that doesn't mean you stop trying. You stay at it. (15:43–15:55)

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Questions the policy of allowing semiautomatic weapons to be owned by the public.

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