Greg, thanks, that helps. Not being a keen follower of US politics (shame on me), I do not know about the "gun show exemption", but I assume Obama wants to abolish it. So the rest of the debate is about existing Federal laws, not being enforced in state "controls"?

I am now based in Germany, after many years in the UK, and follow the BBC and comparable German and French mass media. All of those that I watched or read, quoted Obama's speech, but none was as specific as you are. The pond is still a news barrier in both directions.