'American Sniper' Widow Stands Up to Obama -- During CNN's Town Hall

Taya Kyle, the widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, asked President Barack Obama his first question on live national television Thursday night during the President's "Gun's in America" town hall on CNN.

Chris Kyle's wife told President Obama that gun control won't make us safer - as she penned earlier Thursday in an op-ed.

Mrs. Kyle focused on Obama's theme of hope. 
"I think that your message of hope is something I agree with. I think it's great. And I think that by creating new laws you do give people hope," Kyle told Obama.

"The thing is that the laws we create don't stop these horrific things from happening, right? And that's a very tough pill to swallow," Kyle added.
"I want the hope that I have the right to protect myself," Kyle said in response to the rise in gun sales under Obama.

Mrs. Kyle further cast doubt on Obama's notion that background checks would prevent mass murders.

"I know background checks wouldn't stop me from getting a gun, but I also know that it wouldn't stop any of the people in this room from killing...it's a false sense of hope," she said.

"Why not celebrate that we're good people and that 99.9% of us are not going to kill anyone?" Kyle concluded.

Fox 5 reporter and gun rights activist, Emily Miller, tweeted, "Chris Kyle's widow is amazing to stand up to Pres. Obama on live national TV and make powerful argument. She's so impressive."