Obama to Sandy Hook mourners: 'We can't tolerate this any more'

Originally published: December 16, 2012 4:27 PM
Updated: December 16, 2012 11:32 PM
By PATRICK WHITTLE AND NICHOLAS SPANGLER patrick.whittle@newsday.com,nicholas.spangler@newsday.com

Photo credit: Getty Images | U.S. President Barack Obama returns to the White House after traveling to Connecticut in Washington, D.C. (Dec. 16, 2012)

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NEWTOWN, Conn. -- An emotional President Barack Obama told an overflow crowd gathered at Newtown High School Sunday night that the nation must protect its children by facing head-on the causes he said led up to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

"We can't tolerate this any more," Obama told the crowd. "These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change."

He said he is...

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