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Wide of US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Joe Biden entering news conference2. Mid of Biden speaking3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, US Vice President:\"And I have no illusions about what we're up against, or how hard...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Joe Biden entering news conference\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of Biden speaking\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, US Vice President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"And I have no illusions about what we're up against, or how hard the task is in front of us, but I also have never seen the nation's conscience so shaken by what happened at Sandy Hook. The world has changed, and it's demanding action. It's in this context the president asked me to put together, along with cabinet members, a set of recommendations about how we should proceed to meet that moral obligation we have.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Biden speaking\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, US Vice President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Some of what you will hear from the president will happen immediately, some will take some time, but we have begun and we are starting here today and we're going to resolve to continue this fight.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Biden speaking\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of Biden introducing Obama\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged. And their voices should compel us to change. And that's why last month I asked Joe to lead an effort, along with members of my cabinet, to come up with some concrete steps we can take right now to keep our children safe, to help prevent mass shootings, to reduce the broader epidemic of gun violence in this country. And we can't put this off any longer.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So I'm putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of Joe's task force. And in the days ahead I intend to use whatever weight this office holds to make them a reality.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As soon as I'm finished speaking here I will sit at that desk and I will sign a directive giving law enforcement, schools, mental health professionals and the public health community some of the tools they need to help reduce gun violence. We will make it easier to keep guns out of the hands of criminals by strengthening the background check system. We will help schools hire more resource officers, if they want them, and develop emergency preparedness plans. We will make sure mental health professionals know their options for reporting threats of violence, even as we acknowledge that someone with a mental illness is far more likely to be a victim of violent crime than the perpetrator. And while year after year, those who oppose even modest gun safety measures have threatened to de-fund scientific or medical research into the causes of gun violence, I will direct the centres for disease control to go ahead and study the best ways to reduce it. And congress should fund research into the effects that violent video games have on young minds. We don't benefit from ignorance, we don't benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence. \u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of Obama signing gun control directive and standing to depart\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Barack Obama on Wednesday launched the most sweeping effort to curb US gun violence in nearly two decades.\u003cbr/\u003eHe announced a 500 (m) million US dollar package that sets up a fight with Congress over bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines just a month after a shooting in Connecticut killed 20 school children.\u003cbr/\u003e\"As soon as I'm finished speaking here I will sit at that desk and I will sign a directive giving law enforcement, schools, mental health professionals and the public health community some of the tools they need to help reduce gun violence,\" he told a news conference alongside Vice President Joe Biden.\u003cbr/\u003eObama also signed 23 executive actions, which require no congressional approval including the following:\u003cbr/\u003e- Ordering tougher penalties for people who lie on background checks and requiring federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.\u003cbr/\u003e- Ending limits that make it more difficult for the government to research gun violence, such as gathering data on guns that fall into criminal hands.\u003cbr/\u003e- Requiring federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.\u003cbr/\u003e- Giving schools flexibility to use federal grant money to improve school safety, such as by hiring school resource officers.\u003cbr/\u003e- Giving communities grants to institute programs to keep guns away from people who shouldn't have them.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the president, speaking at the White House, acknowledged the most sweeping, effective actions must be taken by lawmakers.\u003cbr/\u003eObama was joined by children who wrote him letters about gun violence in the weeks following the Connecticut shooting. \u003cbr/\u003eFamilies of the children killed in the shooting, as well as survivors, were also in the audience.\u003cbr/\u003eThe president appealed to the nation's conscience, but his announcement promises to set up a bitter fight with a powerful pro-gun lobby that has long warned supporters that Obama wanted to take away their guns.\u003cbr/\u003eThe US has the highest rate of gun ownership of any country in the world, and pro-gun groups see any move on gun restrictions as an offence against the right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. \u003cbr/\u003eCritics counter that the country's founding fathers never could have foreseen assault weapons more than two centuries ago, when guns were intended for the common, not individual, defence, guns were often stored in community areas and rifles fired one shot at a time.\u003cbr/\u003eEmotions have been high since the Connecticut shooting, which Obama has called the worst day of his presidency. \u003cbr/\u003eHe largely ignored the issue of gun violence during his first term but appears willing to stake his second term on it now. \u003cbr/\u003eHe'll have to contend with looming fiscal issues that have threatened to push whatever he proposes aside, at least for a while.\u003cbr/\u003eGun control advocates also worry that opposition from the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) and its allies in Congress will be too great to overcome. \u003cbr/\u003eThe NRA released an online video on Tuesday that called Obama an \"elitist hypocrite\" for having armed Secret Service agents protect his daughters at school while not committing to installing armed guards in all schools. \u003cbr/\u003eThe NRA insists that the best way to prevent more mass shootings is to give more \"good guys\" guns.\u003cbr/\u003eThe White House called the NRA video \"repugnant and cowardly.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThe public appears receptive to stronger federal action on guns, with majorities of Americans favouring a nationwide ban on military-style rapid-fire weapons, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.\u003cbr/\u003eThree-quarters of Americans said they reacted to the Connecticut shooting with deep anger, while 54 percent said they felt deeply ashamed it could happen in the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eThe poll also shows 51 percent said they believed laws limiting gun ownership infringe on the public's right to bear firearms.\u003cbr/\u003eWhite House officials, seeking to avoid setting the president up for failure, have emphasised that no single measure - even an assault weapons ban - would solve the scourge of gun violence. \u003cbr/\u003eBut without such a ban, or other sweeping Congress-approved measures, it's unclear whether executive actions alone can make any noticeable difference.\u003cbr/\u003eThe president asked Congress to renew the ban on high-grade, military-style assault weapons that was first signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994 but expired in 2004. \u003cbr/\u003eObama also called for limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds or fewer, and he 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