U.S. Vice President Joseph "Joe" Biden, right, looks on as President Barack Obama, standing with a group of people who were victims of shootings or lost loved ones to gun violence, pauses during remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Obama said expanding background checks to cover more firearms transactions wont trample on the right of Americans to own guns or lead to confiscation of weapons, as he made an emotional pitch for a package of executive actions intended to stem gun violence. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images
