WATCH: President Obama’s Gun Control Announcement

As Press Secretary Jay Carney announced during yesterday’s briefing, President Obama and Vice President Biden will formally unveil their plans to reduce gun violence at a White House event beginning at 11:45am EST today, Wednesday, January 16th.

President Obama’s unconventional decision to appear with “children from around the country who wrote the president letters in the wake of the [Newtown] tragedy expressing their concerns about gun violence and school safety” immediately drew criticism from some conservatives and others yesterday afternoon.

Watch below via Fox News:

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