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| In letters, children ask Obama |
| In letters, children ask Barack Obama to change gun laws
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-January-2013
8:7:44 AM |
| Three days after six teachers and 20 students were killed by a rampaging gunman at their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, an 8-year-old from Maryland pulled out a sheet of paper and asked President Barack Obama for "some changes in the laws with guns."
"It's a free country but I recommend there needs (to) be a limit with guns," Grant wrote in a letter dated December 17. "Please don't let people own machine guns or other powerful guns like that."
In the days after the shooting, children around the country had the same idea as Grant. They put their feelings about the massacre on paper and sent those letters to a receptive White House.
"I am writing to ask you to STOP gun violence," wrote Tajeah, a 10-year-old from Georgia. "I am very sad about the children who lost their lives. So, I thought I would write to you to STOP gun violence."
On Wednesday, when Mr Obama makes his long-awaited announcement of proposals to reduce gun violence, he will be joined by Grant, Tajeah and other children from across the US who expressed their concerns about gun violence and school safety to the one person they think can make a difference: the president.
The White House shared three such letters with The Associated Press, from young writers who seemed to agree that Mr Obama should do what's necessary to make it harder for people to get guns.
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