Calls for stricter gun control outside White House

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Dozens of people gathered outside the White House on Friday afternoon, raising candles and chanting “Today is the day,” to urge President Barack Obama to take action against gun violence in the wake of the Newtown school shooting. “Although I really appreciate his tears and his prayers… for me, after 40 years, it is not enough,” said Toby Hoover of Ohio, who lost her husband to gun violence. Andy Pelosi, the director of Gun-Free Kids, said Obama should sit down with leaders of Congress immediately and discuss what laws would most effectively eliminate incidents like the shooting Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary.