demanding immediate and specific strategies to curb gun violence. and he is promising that this time washington won t just talk about it. cbs 5 reporter grace lee on his call to action. reporter: it is a promise and says it s 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. that s 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 is
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 semi-automatic 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 semi-automatic 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 can t 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 in
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