The president said on "Meet The Press" he wants to get gun control done in the first year of his second term, and expressed skepticism about the NRA's idea to put more armed guards in schools.
On "Meet The Press," the president expressed confidence that lawmakers can prevent taxes from going up on middle-class Americans, either by striking a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" before Jan. 1, or failing that, via an immediate effort in the next Congress.