In an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, President Barack and First
Lady Michelle Obama joked about the President’s second term being a ploy to
continue having their children protected by having “men with guns around at all
times.”
In the highly personal interview, the President and first lady discussed
their marriage and family life in the White House. When the conversation moved
on to the Obama’s two daughters, the President discussed his dismay at the
prospect of 14-year-old Malia becoming interested in dating boys.
The President joked, “One of the main incentives of running was continued
Secret Service protection so we can have men with guns around at all times.”
The interview was reportedly taped on Dec.11 and was originally scheduled to
air on Dec. 14, the same day of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, before being
postponed.
The President’s men with guns remark has drawn criticisms of hypocrisy from
2nd Amendment advocates, as Obama has renewed calls for harsher
gun-control laws in the wake of the tragedy earlier in the month.
Though many liberals balked at suggestions from the National Rifle
Association and some lawmakers about arming teachers or providing armed guards
for schools throughout the Nation, no less than 11 armed guards protect Sidwell
Friends— the Washington, D.C. Area private school attended by the Obama
daughters— according to news reports.
Almost all the people calling for stricter gun control have armed body guards protecting them.
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