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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Watch Obama's CNN Town Hall Discussion In Under Three Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Obama's CNN Town Hall Discussion In Under Three Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/g9dftZY8.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2016-01-08_ --- Jul 27, 2023 7:25 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Watch the CNN Town Hall in Milwaukee In Under 3 Minutes](/video/zTNXJqCJ/) ### Watch the CNN Town Hall in Milwaukee In Under 3 Minutes [Obama Discusses Syria in CNN Interview](/video/A1K2lUVN/) ### Obama Discusses Syria in CNN Interview [President Barack Obama's Speech in 3 Minutes](/video/Wn5DAURd/) ### President Barack Obama's Speech in 3 Minutes --- ## Transcript And the way it is described is that we're trying to take away everybody's guns. And part of the reason I welcomed this opportunity by CNN to have a good discussion debate about it is because our position is consistently mischaracterized. Let me just jump in. Is it fair to call it a conspiracy? I mean, a lot of people really believe this deeply. That they just don't, they just don't trust you. No, no. I'm sorry, yes, it is fair to call it a conspiracy. What are you saying? Are you suggesting that the notion that We are creating a plot to take everybody's guns away so that we can impose martial law. Not everybody, but there's certainly a lot of people. Is a conspiracy? Yes, that is a conspiracy. I would hope that you would agree with that. [ APPLAUSE ] Is that controversial, except on some websites around the country? There are certainly a lot of people who just have a fundamental Distrust that you do not want to go further and further and further down this road. Look, I mean, I'm only going to be here for another year. There's a reason why the NRA is not here. They're just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist You'd think they'd be prepared to have a debate with the President. They haven't been in the White House for four years. We've invited them. We've invited them. Your message of hope is something I agree with and I think it's great and I think that by creating new laws you do give people hope. The thing is that the laws that we create don't stop these horrific things from happening, right? Cause the people who are murdering. Right. They're breaking the law, but they also don't have a moral code that we have. But I want the hope, the hope that I have the right to protect myself. I think the most important point I want to make is that you will be able to purchase a firearm Some criminals will get their hands on firearms even if there's a background check. But in the same way that we don't eliminate all traffic accidents, but over the course of 20 years traffic accidents get lower. There's still tragedies. There's still drunk drivers. There's still people who don't wear their seatbelts. But over time that violence was re -, reduced and so families are spared. That's the same thing that we can do with gun ownership. There's a way for us to set up a system where you, a responsible gun owner, who I'm assuming, given your your husband, your family is a much better marksman than I am. 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