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Open Image ModalWith tears running down his cheeks, U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUS President Barack Obama gets emotional as he delivers a statement on executive actions to reduce gun violence on January 5, 2016 at the White House in Washington, DC. (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
(03 of17)
Open Image ModalWith tears running down his cheeks, U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
(04 of17)
Open Image ModalWith tears running down his cheeks, U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
(05 of17)
Open Image ModalUS President Barack Obama gets emotional as he speaks on reducing gun violence in the East Room of the White House on January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. (credit:MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images)
(06 of17)
Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama wipes away tears as he talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
(07 of17)
Open Image ModalWith tears running down his cheeks, U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
(08 of17)
Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama pauses as he 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. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of17)
Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden and gun violence victims, wipes tears from his cheek as 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. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(10 of17)
Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, wipes away tears from his cheek as he recalled the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(11 of17)
Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama begins to wipe away a tear as he 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. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of17)
Open Image ModalAn emotional President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses as he recalled the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama pauses while speaking 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. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(14 of17)
Open Image ModalHis cheeks wet with tears, President Barack Obama, talks about the youngest victims of the Sandy Hook shootings, as he 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. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn emotional President Barack Obama 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. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalFormer congresswoman and gun violence victim Gabrielle Giffords arrives to hear US President Barack Obama deliver a statement on executive actions to reduce gun violence on January 5, 2016 at the White House in Washington, DC. (credit:MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFormer congresswoman and gun violence victim Gabrielle Giffords arrives before US President Barack Obama delivers a statement on executive actions to reduce gun violence on January 5, 2016 at the White House in Washington, DC. (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)