--- description: President Barack Obama teared up as he discussed the mass shootings that have plagued the country title: Transcript: Read Barack Obama's Speech on New Gun Control Measures image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b3cb41cec3f261/6988779a3c1639eb4e45b6b0/gettyimages-503451562.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Barack Obama's Speech on New Gun Control Measures by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2016 7:14 PM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: With tears running down his cheeks, U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: With tears running down his cheeks, U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and about his efforts to increase federal gun control in the East Room of the White House January 5, 2016 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2016 7:14 PM CUT President Barack Obama unveiled a new set of [executive actions](http://time.com/4167749/obama-gun-control-remarks/?xid=homepage "undefined") aimed at limiting gun violence in a press conference Tuesday from the White House. The efforts largely center on more stringent background checks. Here’s a full transcript of his remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4168056/obama-gun-control-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4168056/obama-gun-control-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Barack Obama's Speech on New Gun Control Measures","datePublished":"2016-01-05T19:14:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:47:54.347Z","description":"Obama will implement plan through executive actions","url":"https://time.com/4168056/obama-gun-control-speech-transcript/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Gun Control","Gun Violence","Speech","transcript"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b3cb41cec3f261/6988779a3c1639eb4e45b6b0/gettyimages-503451562.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b3cb41cec3f261/6988779a3c1639eb4e45b6b0/gettyimages-503451562.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Speaks In The East Room Of White House On Efforts To Reduce Gun Violence","caption":"President Obama Speaks In The East Room Of White House On Efforts To Reduce Gun Violence","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4168056/obama-gun-control-speech-transcript/","name":"Read Barack Obama's Speech on New Gun Control Measures"}}]}] ```