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"With Vice President Joe Biden by his side and a group of children who wrote letters to him about gun violence and school safety behind him, President Barack Obama formally unveiled his proposal for the biggest and most expansive gun-control push in generations this afternoon. Presented in front of the White House just days before his second inauguration, Obama&amp;#039;s wide-ranging plan included 23 separate executive actions aimed at curbing what he described as &amp;quot;the epidemic of gun violence in this country.&amp;quot; These actions, which he announced as part of his vow to use &amp;quot;whatever weight this office holds&amp;quot; to make gun control measures a reality, include authorizing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence, clarifying that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors from asking their patients about guns in their home and nominating the next director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The extensive plan outlined legislative actions as well, as the president urged Congress to approve measures including requiring background checks on gun buyers, capping ammunition magazines to a 10-round limit and banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips. The proposals stemmed from a month-long review that included 22 meetings, involved 220 organizations and came two weeks ahead of the administration&amp;#039;s self-imposed deadline. The initiative was led by the office of the vice president and by Biden himself, who spoke before the president and said &amp;quot;we have a moral obligation&amp;quot; to act now and prevent further tragedies like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 children and six adults dead, plus the shooter. While Obama signed the series of 23 &amp;quot;executive actions&amp;quot; unilaterally and without Congressional blockade, the administration is anticipating pushback both in Congress and from the National Rifle Association. The uphill battle with the NRA began earlier this week, when the lobbying group released an ad criticizing Obama&amp;#039;s dismissal of their proposal to increase armed security in schools and calling him an &amp;quot;elitist hypocrite.&amp;quot; White House spokesman Jay Carney declared the ad &amp;quot;cowardly,&amp;quot; and other White House officials pointed out the public support they&amp;#039;ve received, which they plan to harness to get laws passed and which Obama identified as the key for his proposal&amp;#039;s success. &amp;quot;I will put everything I&amp;#039;ve got into this-and so will Joe-but I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it,&amp;quot; Obama said. What do you think of the proposal to curb gun violence? Comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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