Obama signals gun control intentions

President Barack Obama has signalled his intention to bring in gun control laws in the wake of the Newtown massacre, saying he will use “whatever power” he has to prevent a repeat.

“What choice do we have?” Mr Obama said at a vigil in the shattered Connecticut community. “Are we really prepared to say that we’re powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?”