By the time President Obama announced a series of executive actions to restrict firearms this week, 147 Americans had already lost their lives to gun violence in the new year, with the first fatal shooting taking place in Florida just 15 minutes into 2016. But the ongoing carnage didn't stop the gun lobby and politicians it backs from threatening to block the plan.
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White House video.)" itemprop="image" src="http://www.southernstudies.org/sites/default/files/images/obama_cries_guns_0.png?1452114108" />President Obama wipes away tears as he talks about the 2012 mass shooting of children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School while announcing executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence. (Image is a still from White House video.)
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<p>President Obama wipes away tears as he talks about the 2012 mass shooting of children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School while announcing executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence. (Image is a still from <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/01/04/live-updates-what-president-doing-keep-guns-out-wrong-hands">White House video</a>.)</p>
