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President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden and gun violence victims, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. Also on stage are stakeholders, and individuals whose lives have been impacted by the gun violence. (

Obama Announces Executive Gun Control, Taunts Congress for Inaction

After being introduced on January 5 by Mark Barden–parent of a seven-year-old student who was killed with the guns Adam Lanza stole, then used to attack Sandy Hook–President Obama stood at the White House podium and announced a summary list of executive gun controls to lessen “mass violence” in America.