Sadly, people believe him.

Via the transcript from today’s gun control speech at the White House:

. . . This is our best chance in more than a decade to take common sense steps that will save lives. As I said, when I visited Newtown just over three months ago, if there is a step we can take that will save just one child, just one parent, just another town from experiencing the same grief that some of the moms and dads who are here have endured, then we should be doing it. We have an obligation to try.

Now in the coming weeks, members of Congress will vote on whether we should require universal background checks for anyone who wants to buy a gun so that criminals or people with severe mental illnesses can’t get their hands on one.

They’ll vote on tough new penalties for anyone who buys guns only to turn around and sell them to criminals.

They’ll vote on a measure that would keep weapons of war and high-capacity ammunition magazines that facilitate these mass killings off our streets.

They’ll get to vote on legislation that would help schools become safer and help people struggling with mental health problems to get the treatment that they need.