Photos: Obama Speaks Out After Gun Control Vote
April 17, 2013
President Barack Obama stands at the podium at left as Mark Barden, the father of Newtown shooting victim Daniel is embraced by Vice President Joe Biden during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington, about measures to reduce gun violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Gun Control )
US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk through the Colonnade to deliver remarks on gun control on April 17, 2013 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996424 )
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords is helped as she arrives for a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington, about measures to reduce gun violence and the bill to expand background checks on guns that was defeated in the Senate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Gun Control )
US President Barack Obama, accompanied by families who suffered gun-violence, speaks on gun control and the vote at the US Senate on April 17, 2013 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. The US Senate rejected bipartisan legislation that would have expanded background checks for firearm sales, leaving a gaping hole in President Barack Obama's drive to improve gun safety after December's school massacre. With 60 votes needed for approval, the measure requiring background checks on sales at gun shows and on the Internet fell well short, in a 54-46 vote, as a handful of Democrats either facing tough re-election challenges in 2014 or from pro-gun states stood in opposition of the amendment. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996322 )
US President Barack Obama is accompanied by former lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords (L), vice president Joe Biden (R) and family members of Newtown school shooting victims as he speaks on gun control at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2013. Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called a "minority" in the US Senate for blocking legislation that would have expanded background checks on those seeking to buy guns. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996868 )
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington, about measures to reduce gun violence, as he is joined by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, left, Vice President Joe Biden, and Newtown family members from left; Jimmy Greene, father of Ana; Nicole Hockley, mother of Dylan; Jeremy Richman, father of Avilee; and Mark and Jackie Barden, with their children Natalie and James, who lost Daniel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ( Obama Gun Control )
President Barack Obama arrives to participate in a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington, about measures to reduce gun violence. With tObama is former Rep. Gabby Giffords, left, and Mark Barden, the father of Newtown shooting victim Daniel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( APTOPIX Obama Gun Control )
US President Barack Obama speaks on gun control on April 17, 2013 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called a "minority" in the US Senate for blocking legislation that would have expanded background checks on those seeking to buy guns. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996789 )
US President Barack Obama is accompanied by former lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords (L), vice president Joe Biden (R) and family members of Newtown school shooting victims as he speaks on gun control at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2013. Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called a "minority" in the US Senate for blocking legislation that would have expanded background checks on those seeking to buy guns. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996874 )
Vice President Joe Biden comfort family members of Newtown school shooting victims while US President Barack Obama speaks on gun control at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2013. Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called a "minority" in the US Senate for blocking legislation that would have expanded background checks on those seeking to buy guns. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996879 )
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) listens to Mark Barden, the father of Newtown shooting victim Daniel, before delivering a statement on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington April 17, 2013. Joined by relatives of the victims of gun violence, Obama on Wednesday angrily blamed politics for the failure of gun control legislation and urged voters to send a message at the ballot box that they want stronger gun laws. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas ( USA-GUNS/OBAMA-STATEMENT )
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks alongside with Vice President Joe Biden and family members of Newtown victims on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington April 17, 2013. Joined by relatives of the victims of gun violence, Obama on Wednesday angrily blamed politics for the failure of gun control legislation and urged voters to send a message at the ballot box that they want stronger gun laws. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas ( USA-GUNS/OBAMA-STATEMENT )
U.S. President Barack Obama reacts during a speech alongside family members of Newtown victims on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 17, 2013. Joined by relatives of the victims of gun violence, President Barack Obama on Wednesday angrily blamed politics for the failure of gun control legislation and urged voters to send a message at the ballot box that they want stronger gun laws. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas ( USA-GUNS/OBAMA-STATEMENT )
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Mark Barden, the father of Newtown shooting victim Daniel, as former Rep. Gabby Giffords (L) looks on before delivering a statement on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 17, 2013. Joined by relatives of the victims of gun violence, President Barack Obama on Wednesday angrily blamed politics for the failure of gun control legislation and urged voters to send a message at the ballot box that they want stronger gun laws. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas ( USA-GUNS/OBAMA-STATEMENT )
US President Barack Obama hugs Nicole Hockley, the mother of Newtown shooting victim Dylan, after speaking on gun control at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2013. Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called a "minority" in the US Senate for blocking legislation that would have expanded background checks on those seeking to buy guns. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 518996987 )
President Barack Obama, right, puts his arm around former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., before he speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, april 17, 2013, about measures to reduce gun violence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ( Obama Gun Control )
This video image from Senate television shows the final vote total on gun control legislation that was defeated in the Senate Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades, rejecting calls to tighten background checks on firearms buyers as they spurned the personal pleas of families of the victims of last winter's mass elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Senate Television) ( Gun Control Congress )
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pauses before speaking after losing a vote on gun legislation on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington. Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far reaching gun control legislation in two decades, rejecting calls to tighten background checks on firearms buyers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ( Gun Control Congress )
Carlee Soto, sister of Sandy Hook teacher Victoria Soto, left, and Erica Laffferty, daughter of Sandy Hook principal Dawn Hochsprung, listen to a news conference outside the Senate chamber after a vote on gun legislation on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington. Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far reaching gun control legislation in two decades, rejecting calls to tighten background checks on firearms buyers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ( Gun Control Congress )
This video frame grab provided by Senate Television shows Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. using a poster of weapons as she speaks about gun legisalation, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bipartisan effort to expand background checks was in deep trouble Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Senate Television) ( Gun Control Congress )
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is seen in an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, after speaking on the Senate floor about gun legislation. A bipartisan effort to expand background checks was in deep trouble Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Gun Control Congress )
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