Originally Posted December 20, 2012
President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement and takes questions about the Administration?s gun policy process in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Dec. 19, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Five days after the tragic shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama said that he is committed to reducing the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day.
At a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room?at the White House, the President announced that Vice President Joe Biden will lead a new initiative that has been tasked with identifying concrete proposals for real reform by January. The Vice President, who wrote the 1994 Crime Bill that helped law enforcement bring down the rate of violent crime and included the assault weapons ban, will work with members of the Cabinet and outside organizations on this effort, and President Obama urged the new Congress to hold votes on the proposals early next year:
The good news is there?s already a growing consensus for us to build from.? A majority of Americans support banning the sale of military-style assault weapons.? A majority of Americans support banning the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips.? A majority of Americans support laws requiring background checks before all gun purchases, so that criminals can?t take advantage of legal loopholes to buy a gun from somebody who won?t take the responsibility of doing a background check at all.?
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