Obama accuses NRA of misleading America

The BBC has an article about Obama and the NRA:

President Barack Obama (photo, right) has strongly criticized the gun lobby during a televised public forum. He said the National Rifle Association (NRA) had deliberately misrepresented proposed legislation on gun control. The NRA declined to take part in the discussion, which it called a public relations spectacle.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he would eliminate gun-free zones in schools on his first day in office, if elected.
Addressing the audience at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Obama blamed the NRA and others for suggesting that "somebody's going to come grab your guns". He said that all he was seeking to do was strengthen background checks, not seize all firearms. He took questions from Taya Kyle (photo, left), whose late husband, shooting victim Chris Kyle, was depicted in the film American Sniper.
Separately, in an article in The New York Times, he called gun violence a national crisis, and urged owners and firearm manufacturers to play their part in ending it. Obama added that he would not campaign for Democrats who did not back gun reforms, saying he wanted leaders brave enough to stand up to what he called the gun lobby's lies.
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said the group had seen "no reason to participate in a public relations spectacle orchestrated by the White House".
Donald Trump made his promise to end gun-free zones when he addressed a rally in Vermont. "You know what a gun-free zone is for a sicko?" he asked the crowd. "That's bait." Trump addressed a rally at the same time as Obama was speaking on television.
Earlier this week, Obama unveiled a package of executive actions aimed at keeping guns from people who should not have access to them.
These involve:

Background checks for all gun sellers, overturning current exemptions to some online and gun show sellers
States providing information on people disqualified from buying guns due to mental illness or domestic violence
Increased workforce for the FBI to process background checks, hiring more than two hundred new examiners
Congress being asked to invest five hundred million dollars to improve access to mental healthcare in the US
The departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security exploring "smart gun technology" to improve gun safety

Leading Republicans denounced the move. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said the executive orders, which bypasses Congress, "undermined liberty" and would be challenged in court.

Rico says this will not win Obama friends (as if he wanted any) in the shooting community...