President Barack Obama says there should be a midpoint where gun-control and gun-rights supporters can meet to stop gun violence in the U.S. Nearly 500 people were killed in mass shootings in the United States during 2015, according to Gun Violence Archive. More than 30,000 Americans die each year from gun deaths, two-thirds of them younger than 18, the Department of Justice reports. Obama wiped away tears as he listed the places where mass shootings have occurred in the U.S. since 2012. “Too many,” he said, shaking his head. Family members of victims of gun violence stood around him in the formal East Room of the White House. Some echoed his words. Some cried. One parent who lost a child at the mass shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut in 2012, thanked Obama for his acts against gun violence. Twenty children died that day, most of them 6-year-olds. “First graders,” Obama said. “First-graders...” “Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad,” he said. “By the way, it happens on the streets of Chicago every day.” Obama said he wants to make guns safer.
Title: An Emotional Obama Sets New Gun Rules
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