Obama's Gun Failure Leaves Him Seething
WASHINGTON -- It ended in a flash. Months of work aimed at revamping the nations gun laws prompted by one of the worst shooting tragedies in U.S. history met an inglorious conclusion on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. Every single measure pushed by President Barack Obama -- expanded background checks a strengthened federal gun trafficking statute limits on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines -- failed to receive the necessary 60 votes to prevent a filibuster.