White House To Make Gun Control Announcement

In the wake of the Newtown massacre, President Obama today is expected to make an announcement about gun control.

FOX News Radio’s Steve Knight reports:

The White House says the President Obama and Vice President Biden will both come to the press briefing room to announce that the Vice President will oversee efforts to come up with new gun control policies. Aides caution that no major policy announcement is expected, just details about the administration’s decision-making process.

Unlike after other mass shootings, there are indications that public opinion is shifting in favor of more gun control. One poll shows 57% favor tighter controls, up from 39% last April.

A Gallup poll in October a year ago found that, for the first time,53% were against a ban on assault rifles and semiautomatic weapons.

Steve Knight, Fox News Radio.