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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): The school shootings that shook the nation sparked a new call to action at the White House today. The president vowed to have proposals ready for the new Congress that convenes next month.
Somber scenes of mourning played out once again today in Newtown, Conn., while, in Washington, President Obama walked into the White House Briefing Room named for James Brady, the press secretary critically wounded in the shooting of President Reagan in 1981, to talk about gun violence.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing.
GWEN IFILL: Instead, in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Mr. Obama said, this time, the words need to lead to action on gun violence.
BARACK OBAMA: The vast majority of responsible law-abiding gun owners would be some of the first to say that we should be able to keep an irresponsible law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war.
I'm willing to bet that they don't think that using a gun and using common sense are incompatible ideas.
There is a big chunk of space between what the Second Amendment means and having no rules at all.
"Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence" PBS Newshour 12/19/2012
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SUMMARY: While lawmakers discuss what legislation could help prevent mass shootings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary, Ray Suarez talks with UCLA School of Law's Adam Winkler and economist John Lott for debate on what potential legislative action could make a real impact on rates of gun-related crimes and violence.
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