Cenk Uygur
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Children's Letters Ask Obama for Gun Control
Posted
January 19, 2013
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January 19, 2013
41,731
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1,917
7.35%
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6:30Now Playing"When President Obama today outlined a comprehensive plan for reducing gun violence, four children were seated by his side.
Those children -- 8-year-old Hinna Zeejah, 10-year-old Taejah Goode, 11-year-old Julia Stokes and 8-year-old Grant Fritz -- wrote letters to Mr. Obama, pleading with him to tighten gun laws in the wake of the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn."*
The White House has released video of children reading letters they wrote in response to the Sandy Hook massacre, asking the president for gun control. Will the children be heard? Or will gun advocates criticize the event? John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, and Cara Santa Maria break it down.
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