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Over the weekend, a petition to implement stricter gun control laws on the White House "We the People" website became the most popular ever.
With almost 200,000 signatures (along with more than 30 similar petitions), the White House responded with impressive promptness.
President Obama appears to be throwing the full force of the administration behind making changes to the way U.S. laws deal with guns. In addition to forming a task force, led by Vice President Joe Biden, to make recommendations for reducing gun violence, President Obama responded directly to the petitioners in a video posted to the White House blog.
"We hear you," Obama said.
"I also tasked the Vice President with leading an effort to come up with a comprehensive set of serious proposals to keep our children safe, including strengthening school safety, improving mental health care and addressing a culture that too often glorifies guns and violence. I asked for these proposals by January, and I will push for them early in the year.
"I will do everything in my power as president to advance these efforts. Because if there's even one thing we can do as a country to protect our children, we have a responsibility to try.
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