President Obama last week on ABC’s “Good Morning America” told interviewer Dr. Richard Besser that he hasn’t given up on passing more gun control laws, “But the power of NRA and the gun lobby in Congress is formidable,” Obama said. “And you know, we’re going to keep chipping away at this, but until you get intense public demands for this, it’s probably not going to happen because some special interests and lobbyists in Washington are really, really strong and their membership feels very intensely about the issue. Whereas the general public is concerned about it, but doesn’t make it their top priority.” Coincidentally, the Washington Times pointed out the how well the American firearms industry has been doing during the Obama administration, noting historically high consumer demand that sent production of guns soaring to more than 10.8 million manufactured in 2013 alone.