President Obama shed tears while talking about measures to be taken against gun control in USA
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WASHINGTON: President Obama again shed tears for the children of Newtown.
As he did on the morning of the 2012 mass shooting, Obama choked up Tuesday as he mentioned the "first graders" gunned down at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., while again proposing measures designed to combat gun violence in America.
"Every time I think about those kids, it makes me mad," Obama said at the White House as he announced new executive actions designed to curb gun deaths.
The Newtown massacre claimed the lives of 20 children, and Obama's emotional comments about the most innocent victims of gun violence inspired a flood of comments on social media.
Obama said the US is "not the only country in earth with violent or dangerous people" but it “is the only advanced country on earth that sees this type of mass violence with this type of frequency."
The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now, but they can’t hold America hostage. Congress still needs to act. The folks in this room will not rest until Congress does.” (USA Today)
