It. Right now, at 11 00, president barack obama visits Fairfax County to take on the issue of gun control. And he says the idea that he wants to con fi skate weapons is a con fi kate weapons is a conspiracy. Tonight, the president says guns are a shared response blg. The nra headquarter down the street, declined the invitation to attend. It did not stop them from tweeting about it. Garrett. Reporter adam, tonight, the president and the protesters who came out to greet him, have all gone home for the night, but not before engaging in a spirited debate about perhaps the most deviceive issues in american politics today. [ singing ]. Reporter gun rights and gun control protesters squared off tonight in the lead up to president Barack Obamas town hall. Im here to just advocate that you know, guns dont kill people, guns actually save lives. We have to do something. This carnage is unamerican. Its unpatriotic. Reporter exchanges outside. Those touched by gun violence, like andy parker, father
But having the privilege of being with the people who have set such an example has been a great privilege for me. Now, if i were a producer and a director of a movie that i wa ws going to come out about the United States senate, i would want saxby to be the leading man. First of all, he looks like a United States senator, and he has that southern calm presence that most of us envy, and he just seems to fit the profile. And then he the next choice would have to be for the leading a lady, and you couldnt find a more gracious, beautiful, supportive leading lady than julian chambliss. Together they make a stunning couple. I have had the privilege of traveling with them and seeing them in different places and in different situations, and just what a tremendous gift it is to be with the both of them. So the United States senate and many of us here all of us here are going to dearly miss Saxby Chambliss. He comes from a line of distinguished senators representing the state of georgia, and as
Demanding immediate and specific strategies to curb gun violence. And he is promising that this time washington wont just talk about it. Cbs 5 reporter grace lee on his call to action. Reporter it is a promise and says its divergence for this president. Before the Connecticut School shooting he was usually generally neutral about anything related to the second amendment. Today he not only called for action, he even gave a deadline for results and he wants some answers by january. We may never know all the reasons why this tragedy happened. We do know that every day since, more americans have died of gun violence. Reporter five days after the sandy hook shooting in newtown, president obama says our country needs more than gun control. We need a solution to stop the violence. Thats why he is creating a new Interagency Task force led by Vice President joe biden. This is not some washington commission. This is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and
Thousands of communities across this country. Now, they would not replace local Law Enforcement of course. But she believes that they could help support them. Thank you. All the talk about automatic and semiautomatic weapons leaves people to wonder the difference. Phil matier reports. Reporter one visit to the Evidence Room gives you a good idea of how many guns are on the streets of america and often the difference between a legal and illegal gun comes down to how many bullets it can fire how quickly. This is an assault rifle. Reporter it started out as a legal semiautomatic which means you have to depress the trigger each time you want to fire. Reporter then the size of the clip. In the state of california you cant have more than ten rounds in any firearm. Reporter the same for handguns. The capacity of the magazine dictates if it now becomes illegal. This is a high capacity magazine. This carries 30 rounds of ammunition. This can be inserted into this weapon and now it becomes an il
Visit there last night. While we learn more today about these victims and sadly more information about the gunman, his possible plans and schemes and this awful thing he carried out. And so to start off our reporting on a monday night after such a sad weekend in this country, we go back to the town that remains the saddest spot in our country, nbcs Anne Thompson is in newtown for us tonight. Good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Im actually in the center of the borough of sandy hook. Every day brings new details about what happened inside that school. And today we learn that not one, but two people were injured in the attack. Welcome news about survivors on a day when the funerals began. Old enough to know, too young to understand. The heartbreaking sight of children mourning other children began in newtown today. 6yearold jack pinto, a loving, vie vashs boy, idolized victor cruz. Cruz wrote jacks name on his shoes sunday. Now it was the teams turn to pay tribute. They were comfo