Story highlights Tara Setmayer: At CNN town hall on guns, Obama showed he did not connect with the country's law-abiding gun owners

She says many of them don't think executive action is route to fixing gun laws; they don't trust that he does not want to confiscate their guns

Tara Setmayer is former communications director for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California, and a CNN political commentator. Follow her on Twitter @tarasetmayer. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

(CNN) President Obama revealed, with his body language, tone and answers at CNN's "Guns in America" town hall just how much he doesn't connect with the millions of law-abiding gun owners in this country. Nor does he seem to connect to the importance of the fundamental gun rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment.

For example, as he attempted to justify his new executive actions on guns, Obama pointed to other products or services the government regulates, like aspirin or cars as examples of common sense regulations to make things safer. So why not apply that to guns?

The difference is: a.) There are thousands of gun laws already on the books b.) Aspirin and cars aren't constitutionally protected rights. That matters when the conversation is about the actions of the federal government.

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Anti-gun advocates should be very careful supporting constitutionally questionable actions by the President. It may seem acceptable when those actions favor something they want, but what happens when they are for something they don't want? It's a dangerous precedent to set.

The more Obama spoke at the town hall, the more apparent was his contempt for gun ownership. When his logic was challenged, he appeared exasperated by his inability to convince responsible gun owners that his approach was correct. Perhaps that's because his approach is a feckless, petulant response to the fact that Congress, elected by the American people, does not agree with his tactics.