 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Obama akadaidzira kuti zvigadziriswe zvekuchengetwa kwepfuti zvichitevera kupfura kwakawanda, asi akakundikana kupfuudza bhiri rakakura. Muna 2009, Obama akakurukura nezvokudzorera mutemo weFederal Assault Weapons Ban, asi haana kuedza zvakasimba kuti upfuure neCongress panguva iyoyo. Kutevera kupfura kwaDecember 2012 kuSandy Hook Elementary SchoolGore rakapera, Obama akarondedzera nhevedzano yezvirongwa zvekutonga pfuti, achikurudzira Congress kuti iisezve kurambidzwa kwakapera kwezvombo zvehondo zvehondo, kuisa miganho pamabhuku emagetsi kusvika pamatanho gumi, kuunza kuongororwa kwemashure ekutengesa zvombo zvese, kupfuudza kurambidzwa kwekuchengetwa nekutengeswa kwezvombo zvinoputika, kuunza zvirango zvakaomarara kune vanotengesa zvombo, uye kubvumidza kugadzwa kwemukuru wefederal Bureau yeAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearms uye Explosives kekutanga kubvira 2006. 