Obama on gun violence: 'We hear you'

December 21, 2012 21:17

President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's school shooting in Connecticut, telling respondents to an online petition, "We hear you." The president said in a video released today that he is encouraged that many gun owners have said there are steps the nation can take to prevent more deadly shootings, "steps that both protect our rights and protect our kids."

"I will do everything in my power as president to advance these efforts, because if there's even one thing we can do as a country to protect our children, we have a responsibility to try," Obama said. Obama was holding a moment of silence today morning at the White House marking one week since the shooting killed 20 children and six adults. The shooter also killed his mother and himself.

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