'They know what it's like:' Sandy Hook parents join Biden for announcement on gun actions
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Mark Barden, who's son Daniel was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, right, speaks before introducing President Barack Obama to deliver a statement, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 5, 2016. Obama announced executive actions he will make intended to expand background checks for some firearm purchases and step up federal enforcement of the nation's gun laws.Stephen Crowley / New York Times via AP
WASHINGTON — One year after losing his son Daniel in the Sandy Hook school shooting, Mark Barden joined President Barack Obama at the White House as Obama unveiled a series of executive actions aimed at stopping more gun deaths.