Obunghole had whatever gun control nuts he had, cut off by the Supreme Court before he took office.
In the run-up to the 2008 election the Dems were trying to top each other with their gun control plans. While DC Mayor Fenty was cautioned against appealing Parker to SCOTUS, he went ahead and filed. While there was fear, nobody on the left ever thought SCOTUS would take the case and nobody wanted to believe the 2nd Amendment actually secured a right of the citizen . . . They all were deluding themselves with 64 years of "collective right" bullshit . . . And then SCOTUS took the case and then Heller was handed down 5 months before the election and all the great leftist gun control dreams evaporated.
Leftist gun grabbers never understood what Heller actually did but it served to paralyze their legislative efforts. They still don't know with many still arguing the various collective right theories today LOL!
Yes, Obunghole didn't actually do much with guns, but it wasn't for not wanting to . . . He and Congress were neutered and rendered impotent.