Obama calls for gun violence proposals within a month
- Published: 19 Dec 2012 at 20.46
- Online news: World
President Barack Obama set up a task force to frame "concrete proposals" on ending an "epidemic" of firearms violence by next month, and denied he had been on "vacation" on gun control.
An AR-15-style rifle sits on the counter at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on December 17, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. President Barack Obama set up a task force to frame "concrete proposals" on ending an "epidemic" of firearms violence by next month, and denied he had been on "vacation" on gun control.
With trauma still raw after the Connecticut school massacre last week, Obama put Vice President Joe Biden in charge of an inter-agency effort on gun control and mental health, saying America had a "deep obligation" to act.
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