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President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House as he returns from greeting members of the staff, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NEW: Obama to Announce Policy Change



Washington DC (WBEN/CBS) - President Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions following the horrific massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.

The President will speak at approximately 11:45am and will be LIVE on WBEN. 

Sources confirm to CBS News correspondent Major Garrett that Mr. Obama is tasking Vice President Joe Biden, a longtime gun control advocate, with spearheading the effort.

 In remarks from the White House on Wednesday, Mr. Obama will outline a process for pursuing policy changes following the school shooting, though he is not expected to call for specific measures.

 The president has vowed to use "whatever power this office holds" to safeguard the nation's children after Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children and six adults were killed at the school by a gunman carrying an arsenal of ammunition and a high-powered, military-style rifle.

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People : Garrett, Joe Biden, Obama
12/19/2012 9:14AM
NEW: Obama to Announce Policy Change
What are you thinking?
12/19/2012 9:52AM
Irony
At the moment 92 percent of WBEN listeners favor increased rescources spent on "Mental Illness Awareness & Treatment" ... these are the same people who blindly obey people like Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck.
12/19/2012 10:15AM
New Gun Laws: Thank God, it's about time.
I am an avid sportsman and have hunted since I was a kid. The public should not be able to own military-style guns. These guns were designed for killing people and use in war. There is no need for people outside of the military to own them. If they want to target shoot let them do it with single shot rifles. Better yet develop some real skill and take up archery. Society is becoming gun crazy.
12/19/2012 11:04AM
Chris Rock was right
Tax ammunition to the point where the cost of a bullet is $5000.
12/19/2012 11:22AM
thank god, its about time
the good guys will have single shot rifles, and the bad guys will have ar-15's . .the would be a great world to live in.
12/19/2012 12:00PM
its not about hunting
check the second amendment, its not about hunting. its all about freedom this country was founded on. keep taking freedoms and we will have none eventually. FREEDOM ISN"T FREE
12/20/2012 9:49AM
One solution
Repeal the 2005 law that protects gun manufacturers from liability suits, let victims of gun violence sue them into bankruptcy. Remember how powerful the tobacco lobby used to be?
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