President Obama Meets With Grieving Families; Reads Names Of 20 Children Killed In School Massacre
Dec. 17 2012, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
President Barack Obama is back in Washington, D.C. Monday after meeting privately with grieving families in Newtown, CT. and attending an emotional vigil Sunday night, during which he said he's prepared to use "whatever power this office holds" to ensure that a school massacre like Friday's is not repeated, hinting at more stringent gun control laws.
"What choice do we have?" the president asked just two days after gunman Adam Lanza's rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 28 dead, including 20 children, all 6 or 7 years old.
"We can't accept events like this as routine," the president said. "Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage? That the politics are too hard?"
The president said he pondered whether the country was giving its' youth "the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose.
"And if we're honest with ourselves, the answer is, 'No,'" he said. "We're not doing enough, and we will have to change.
"We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and it is true. No single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. But that can't be an excuse for inaction. Surely we can