Barack Obama actually said...
This has become one of our most polarized partisan debates. Despite the fact that there's a general consensus in America about what needs to be done. That's part of the reason why on Thursday I'm going to hold a town hall meeting in Virginia on gun violence because my goal here is to bring good people on both sides of the issue here for an open discussion.
Context
Obama discusses the polarized nature of the gun violence debate and his intention to hold a town hall meeting to foster open discussion.
01/04/2016