President Barack Obama said today that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an administration effort to develop recommendations no later than January for preventing another tragedy like last week's school shooting in Connecticut that left 20 young children and six adults dead.
The president said the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible, but the more than 10,000 Americans killed every year by guns was "violence we cannot accept as routine." "We won't prevent them all, but that can't be an excuse" not to try, the president added.
Get complete coverage of breaking news on CNN.com, CNN TV and CNN Mobile.
>+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
Follow developing stories with the CNN App.
Download it today from your app store and
http://www.CNN.com/Mobile
>+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
You have opted-in to receive this e-mail from CNN.com. To unsubscribe from Breaking News e-mail alerts, go to: http://cgi.cnn.com/m/clik?l=textbreakingnews
One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303
(c) & (r) 2012 Cable News Network
No comments:
Post a Comment