Don't forget the children killed by gun crime: Obama

President Barack Obama has urged US lawmakers to remember the children gunned down in America and not get “squishy” in the face of powerful forces up against gun control legislation, as supporters struggle to win over moderate Democrats before a Senate vote expected next month.

Mr Obama, flanked by mothers who have lost their children to guns as recently as last month, said Washington must do something after the tragic mass shooting in Connecticut three months ago. He called out to the families of four children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School sitting in his audience.