Obama cries live on TV while discussing children shot dead (Photos & Video)

Obama breaks down live on TV while discussing children shot dead in 2012 school massacre

Barack Obama unveiled new firearm measures in a speech yesterday but broke down when remembering the child victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012.

The President announced new plans to curb gun violence following the latest shooting in San Bernadino.

He called for thorough background checks, the closure of the so-called ‘gun show loophole’, and greater restrictions on sales by unlicensed dealers.

U.S. President Barack Obama wipes away tears when talking about Newtown and other mass killings during an event held to announce new gun control measures, at the White House in Washington January 5, 2016.  The White House unveiled gun control measures on Monday that require more gun sellers to get licenses and more gun buyers to undergo background checks, moves President Barack Obama said were well within his authority to implement without congressional approval. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Obama said: ‘Today, background checks are required at gun stores … You pass a background check, you purchase a firearm.

‘The problem is, some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules.’

He also highlighted how easy it is for people to buy guns online without background checks and claimed that one in 30 people who buy firearms online have a criminal record.

The president then tearfully broke down as he talked about the 2012 massacre victims and said: ‘We know we can’t stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we can try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.

‘We maybe can’t save everybody, but we can save some.’

Yet after the president’s speech, conservatives like Ben Shapiro and Jim Geraghty poked fun out of Obama for crying over the tragedy.

 

-UK Metro

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2 Responses to “Obama cries live on TV while discussing children shot dead (Photos & Video)”

  1. Unknown's avatar

    President is human n also weeps

  2. Unknown's avatar

    Too bad for the World in general

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