karen kapa has the story from fairfax virginia. >> the way it is described is that we're trying to takeway everybody's guns. >> in his first town hall event in 2016 the president debated second amendment and the gun violence gripping the nation. he stood in front of supporters, critics, and some familiar faces including gabby gifford, former representative who was shot five years ago, and her husband retired astronaut mark telae. >> gabby and i are both gun owners. we take gun ownership very seriously. >> the president says he never owned a gun, and has little experience with firearms. but, says, his stance on guns helped manufacturers. >> i've been now president for own seven years, and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time. >> if anything actually -- >> they've gone up. i've been very good for gunman ooh fact tourer. >> he said his policies makes sense, but have been overly politicize dollars. >> our position is consistently mischaracterized. >> his current position expanding backgrounds checks for gun byars, narrowing the so-called gun show loopholes that leave most