Will Obama take on Hollywood over guns ?

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Washington Examiner:

President Obama has a Hollywood problem -- at least when it comes to guns.

In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre, the president vowed to examine a "culture that all too often glorifies guns and violence." But as talks on gun violence heat up at the White House this week, some are skeptical that Obama will rebuke the entertainment leaders who filled his re-election coffers and used their celebrity on his behalf.

"It'd be like giving Hollywood the finger," said a California-based Democratic strategist. " 'Thanks for all those fundraisers. Now let me demonize you for one of our nation's greatest tragedies.' I don't think the president has any appetite for that kind of hypocrisy."

Vice President Biden will host a series of meetings with both gun rights and gun control advocates this week, bringing the debate over how to prevent mass shootings to a head. Obama has crystallized his view on additional gun restrictions, calling for the renewal of a federal assault weapons ban, the closing of so-called gun show loopholes and a crackdown on high-capacity ammunition clips.

Less clear, though, is whether the president intends to regulate an industry criticized for employing carnage with increasing regularity. Some have called for tighter regulations on content at multiplexes and in video games or at a minimum, a strong challenge from Obama to those promoting mindless violence.