Connecticut School shooting - Dec 18,2012

As gun control advocates cheered President Obamas call to action on gun violence, the White House began to weigh its options Monday on how to fulfill the presidents vow to use all the power of his office to prevent future mass killings. The most likely initiatives following Fridays Connecticut school shooting — efforts to tighten gun show sales, for example, or to reinstate a ban on assault weapons — are laden with political pitfalls and challenges. Although several members of Congress indicated they were newly open to gun control measures, opposition to stiffer gun laws is expected to remain firm, particularly in the Republican-led House. Taking on another uphill legislative battle would scramble an already full agenda for the White House, which is embroiled in fiscal negotiations and hoping to start Obamas second term with a focus on immigration reform.

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