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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden arrive to unveil a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington January 16, 2013. Seated at right, are children and the families of children who wrote to the president following the December 14, 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Vice President Joe Biden (R) speaks at a news conference before U.S. President Barack Obama unveils a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington January 16, 2013. Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (

Acting Director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Todd Jones (L) speaks with US Attorney General Eric Holder (C) during an event unveiling a package of proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House in Washington, DC, January 16, 2013. Obama signed 23 executive orders to curb gun violence and demanded Congress pass as assault weapons ban, in a sweeping set of measures in response to the Newtown massacre. AFP Photo/Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

US Vice President Joe Biden speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence as President Barack Obama looks on on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama is expected to sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: U.S. President Barack Obama announces his administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joe Biden announce a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington January 16, 2013. Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) unveils a series of proposals to counter gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden looks on during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Jason Reed

US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden watches on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday will sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday will sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Vice President Joe Biden during an event unveiling a package of proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House in Washington, DC, January 16, 2013. Obama signed 23 executive orders to curb gun violence and demanded Congress pass as assault weapons ban, in a sweeping set of measures in response to the Newtown massacre. AFP Photo/Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden watches on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama is expected to sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday will sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, gestures as he talks about proposals to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. President Barack Obama announces his administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama is flanked by young children as he signs a executive order designed to tackle gun control, on January 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama (centre) unveils a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington January 16, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Acting Director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Todd Jones (C) is applauded by US Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd R), US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (L) during an event unveiling a package of proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House in Washington, DC, January 16, 2013. Obama signed 23 executive orders to curb gun violence and demanded Congress pass as assault weapons ban, in a sweeping set of measures in response to the Newtown massacre. AFP Photo/Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama signs executive actions to curb gun violence as invited guests look on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday signed 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama signs executive actions to curb gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden(L) and invited guests look on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday signed 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Seven-year-old Newtown Massacre victim Grace McDonnell's parents Lynn (R) and Chris (L) smile at each other as US President Obama unveils a package of proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House in Washington, DC, January 16, 2013. Obama signed 23 executive orders to curb gun violence and demanded Congress pass as assault weapons ban, in a sweeping set of measures in response to the Newtown massacre. AFP Photo/Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

President Barack Obama signs executive orders on gun violence flanked by 8-year old letter writer Hinna Zeejah (L), 10-year old letter writer Taejah Goode (3rd L), 11-year old letter writer Julia Stokes and 8-year old letter writer Grant Fritz (R) during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Behind the children are Hinna's mother Nadia Zeejah (L) and Julia's Dad Dr. Theophil Stokes (2nd R). Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden and children who wrote the president about gun violence following last month's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., signs executive orders, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. The children and their parents from left, Hinna Zeejah, 8, and Nadia Zeejah, Hinna's mother, Taejah Goode, 10, and Kimberly Graves, TaejahÌs mother, Julia Stokes, 11, and Dr. Theophil Stokes, Julia's father, and Grant Fritz, 8, and Elisabeth Carlin, Grant's mother. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) gives high-fives to children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence, (L-R) Hinna Zeejah, Taejah Goode, Julia Stokes and Grant Fritz, after announcing the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama (2nd L) high-fives with children who wrote letters to his administration before signing executive orders during an event unveiling a package of proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House in Washington, DC, January 16, 2013. Obama signed 23 executive orders to curb gun violence and demanded Congress pass as assault weapons ban, in a sweeping set of measures in response to the Newtown massacre. AFP Photo/Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

U.S. President Barack Obama gives high-fives to children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence, (L-R) Hinna Zeejah, Taejah Goode, Julia Stokes and Grant Fritz, after announcing the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama hugs 11-year-old Julia Stokes after unveiling a series of gun control proposals during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Julia was among a group of children who wrote the president letters about guns and gun control after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, left, gets a high-five from eight-year-old letter writer Grant Fritz during a news conference on proposals to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Obama and Biden were joined by law enforcement officials, lawmakers and children who wrote the president about gun violence following the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. President Barack Obama hugs children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence, (L-R) Hinna Zeejah, Taejah Goode, and Grant Fritz, after announcing the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building, on January 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: News photographers make images of the executive orders U.S. President Barack Obama signed regarding the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) greets Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack after arriving for a ceremony where U.S. President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders laying out the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Salazar announced that he will be leaving the administration and returning to Colorado at the end of March. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who earlier announced that he would be leaving the Cabinet in March, smiles in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, before President Barack Obama spoke about proposals to reduce gun violence. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Television commentator and anchor Rev Al Sharpton (L) talks with U.S. Attorney Eric Holder before U.S. President Barack Obama unveils a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Larry Downing

An aide collects binders with the executive orders on gun violence that President Barack Obama signed immediately after a signing ceremony in which Obama implemented a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks to guests before the start of an event where US President Barack Obama spoke on proposals to reduce gun violence on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama (L) waves after signing executive orders to curb gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden greets an attendee on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. The woman is a parent of a child who wrote to Obama following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

U.S. President Barack Obama's siganture is seen on a set of executive orders that he signed prior to unveiling a series of proposals to counter gun violence, at the White House in Washington January 16, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed