This is exactly why our founders viewed Democracy as the worst structural form of government – Wal Mart Stores have pulled all Bushmaster .223 rifles from sale.  Dicks Sporting Goods has voluntarily pulled all “modern shooting rifles” from its shelves nationwide,  and all firearms from the State of Connecticut.   In addition Cerebus Capital Management has announced it will sell off the company asset invested in Bushmaster rifle manufacturing.

WASHINGTON DC – The effort will be led by Vice President Biden, according to two people outside the government who have spoken to senior administration officials since Friday, when a gunman killed his mother and rampaged through Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., killing 20 children, six adults and himself.

Obama, who has appeared shaken by the Sandy Hook shootings, met Monday with Biden, who advocated for stricter gun-control measures during his years in the Senate. The president also spoke Monday with Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “to begin looking at ways the country can respond to the tragedy in Newtown,” according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Others involved in the new effort include White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler; Biden’s chief counsel, Cynthia C. Hogan; and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, who traveled with Obama to Connecticut on Sunday to address a memorial service for the Sandy Hook victims.  (read more)