Barack Obama, the US president, has urged Americans to pressure a reluctant Congress to pass new gun control legislation as he traveled to Connecticut, where December's school massacre took place. This week, the US Congress is to consider new legislation on gun control. But chances of the new measures getting approval of legislators is slim, as no major gun legislation has passed the Congress since 1994. The American public seems to strongly support universal background checks on gun sales, but politicians are divided. Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports.