Obama Tells Rape Victim: Questionable Whether a Gun Would Have Helped You

COOPER: "I want you to meet Kimberly. She was a college student in Colorado in 2006. Kimberly is right over there. She was raped by a man that broke into her apartment. She testified for three hours in the trial against him. Her attacker was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison and that changed your view of handguns. What’s your question for the president."
WOMAN: "Absolutely. As a survivor of rape and a mother to two small children, you know, it seems like being able to purchase a firearm of my choosing and being able to carry that wherever my — me and my family are, it seems like my basic responsibility as a parent at this point. I have been unspeakible victimized once already and I refuse to let that happen again to me or my kids so why can’t they see the restrictions that make it harder for me to own a gun or take that where I need to be is actually just making my kids and I less safe?"
OBAMA: "Well, Kimberly, first of all, obviously, your story is horrific. The strength you’ve shown in telling your story and, you know, being here tonight is remarkable and so really proud of you for that. I just want to repeat that there’s nothing that we’ve proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm and now you may be referring to issues like conceal carry but those tend to be state by state decisions, and we’re not making any propels with respect to what states are doing. They can make their own decisions there. So there really is no — nothing we’re proposing that prevents you or makes it harder for you to purchase a firearm if you need one. There are always questions as to whether or not having a firearm in the home protects you from that kind of violence, and I’m not sure we can resolve that. People argue it both sides."