President Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Shooting

President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for families of the victims as well as families from Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 16, 2012 at Newtown High School, Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-six people were shot dead, including twenty children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza opened fire in the school. He then killed himself. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool