Obama promises action after tragedy

THE DEADLY SHOOTINGS AT SANDY
HOOK ELEMENTARY ARE RENEWING
CALLS FOR TIGHTER GUN CONTROL
LAWS.IN THE WAKE OF THE
NEWTOWN TRAGEDY... PRESIDENT
OBAMA HAS VOWED TO USE THE
POWER OF HIS OFFICE... TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT
ANOTHER MASS KILLING.
NEWS EIGHT'S KEITH KOUNTZ IS
LIVE IN NEWS EIGHT CONTROL...
WITH MORE ON THE PUSH FOR
CHANGE. KEITH?DARREN, ANN...
THE TRAGEDY THAT
UNFOLDED ON FRIDAY... AND THE
AGES OF SO MANY OF THE
VICTIMS... HAS EMBOLDENED GUN
CONTROL ADVOCATES AROUND THE
NATION... WHO NOW SEEM MORE-
WILLING-THAN-EVER TO TAKE ON
THE POWERFUL NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION.
HE DIDN'T USE THE WORD GUN
ONCE...BUT LAST NIGHT,
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMISEDACTION
OBAMA SOT:IN THE COMING WEEKS,
I'LL USE WHATEVER POWER THIS
OFFICE HOLDS//IN AN EFFORT
AIMED AT PREVENTING MORE
TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS, BECAUSE
WHAT CHOICE DO WEHAVE?ASKED
WHAT EXACTLY THE PRESIDENT
WILL DO, HIS SPOKESMAN DIDN'T
PROVIDESPECIFICS.CARNEY SOT:
IT'S A COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT
WILL REQUIRE A COMPLEX
SOLUTION. NO SINGLE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, NO SINGLE ACTION
WILL FULLY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 200
MILLION PLUS GUNS IN
CIRCULATION IN THISCOUNTRYAND
UNLESS YOU HAVE A FELONY
CONVICTION OR ARE DEEMED
MENTALLYINCOMPETENT BY A
COURT.YOU CAN GET ONE.BUT
COULD THE NEWTOWN TRAGEDY BE A
TURNING POINT?GFX:A NEW ABC
NEWS-WASHINGTON POST POLL
FOUND THAT 54 PERCENT OF
AMERICANS FAVOR STRICTER GUN
CONTROL LAWS IN GENERAL.GFX:
AND A MAJORITY SAY THE TRAGEDY
IN NEWTOWN INDICATES "BROADER
PROBLEMS INAMERICAN
SOCIETY"RATHER THAN THE
ISOLATED ACT OF TROUBLED
INDIVIDUAL.WEST VIRGINIA
DEMOCRAT JOE MANCHIN - A
STAUNCH GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATE -
SAIDTODAY ON MSNBC IT'S TIME
TO RETHINK OUR LAWS.MANCHIN
SOT:I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT
NEEDS 30 ROUNDS IN A CLIP TO
GO HUNTING.WHILE ONE
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER SAID IF
THE SANDY HOOK PRINCIPAL HAD
BEENARMED, SHE COULD HAVE
STOPPED THE GUNMAN.REP LOUIE
GOHMERT/R/TX SOT:SHE TAKES HIM
OUT, TAKES HIS HEAD OFF BEFORE
HE CAN KILL THOSE PRECIOUS KIDS
.NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME
ADVOCATE FORTOUGHER GUN LAWS.
TODAY HE DEMANDED PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND CONGRESS STEP UP
BLOOMBERG SOT:WORDS ALONE
CANNOT HEAL OUR NATION. ONLY
ACTION CAN DO THAT.
OUTGOING CONNECTICUT SENATOR
JOE LIEBERMAN IS NOW CALLING
FOR THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL
COMMISSION ON YOUTH
VIOLENCE... IN THE WAKE OF THE
SANDY HOOK TRAGEDY.
HE'S ALSO ONCE AGAIN CALLING
OUT THE ENTERTAIMENT
INDUSTRY... TO TONE DOWN ITS
VIOLENCE IMAGES... AN ISSUE HE