Biden: “The families of Sandyhook elementary show great courage and we will do everything within our power to remember the lives of the 20 children who died.
I admire your strength and respect your faith. we have a moral obligation to reduce the occurrences of something like this happening again.
I have no illusion about what we are up against, but the world has changed and its demanding actions.
The president has asked me to put together a set of guidelines on how to best handle this situation.
I have spoken to 224 groups and the recommendations given to the president represent all parties involved with the discussions.
We must do what we can now and there is no one more committed than the president to solving this problem…”
President: ” Reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, but preventing gun violence should not be a divisive one.
We have heard from unexpected people. We starting getting letters from kids. Pretty smart letters from pretty smart young people.
(The president spoke of some of the messages relayed by the kids..)
“we should begin to strengthen our responsibilities to them. This is our first task of society…keeping children safe. Their voices should compel us to act.
This why we have come up with some measures to prevent gun violence and mass murders in this country.
In the past month 900 have died at the end of a gun.
I’m putting forward proposals to protect America.
I am putting the weight of this office behind the issue of reducing violence.
We will make it easier to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
Mental officers will have more reporting opportunities.
I will direct the CDC to discover why we have an epidemic of violence.
These are a few of the 23 executive actions I am presenting today.
To make this real congress must act.
It is time for congress to make it a law for universal background check for anyone buying a gun.
It is hard to enforce this law when 40% of all guns sales occur without a background check.
It is common sense for those wanting to purchase a gun, that they should show they are not a felon or a person who should be able to legally own a gun.
Second, congress should restore a ban on assault rifles and a limit to 10 round magazines.
These weapons are only for pumping out multiple bullets.
We should get tougher on people who buy guns and turns around to sell them to criminals.
We should put more cops back on the job and our streets.
I respect the second amendment and the people who favor gun ownership.
I believe most gun owners agree we can respect the second amendment while keeping guns out of the hands that destroy ownership for a few.
This will be difficult, there will be pundits and lobbyist to block any common sense reform.
The only way we can change is if their audience says this time it must be different.
I and Joe will put everything behind this, but we will need the support of the American people.
We will need representative of every district.
If Americans of every background stand up and say “enough we have suffered too much,” then we can see change…
The most important changes we can make depend on congressional action.
Gather support and ask them if they support gun control measures. If they say no ask them have we not suffered enough.
We have long recognized, our founders have recognized, that with rights comes responsibilities.
The most fundamental set of rights were denied to students and citizens of in Virginia Tech, Newtown, Aurora, …those rights are a stake and we are responsible.
We most act now for those who have fallen victims to senseless violence every day.
Let’s do the right thing for them and the country we love so much.
Thank you.
I’m going to sign these orders….”
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