President Barack Obama has marked the anniversary of the Newtown school shootings by calling for tighter gun control and expanded mental health care.
His comments come a year after the massacre in which 20 children and six school workers were murdered by 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
Mr Obama said in his weekly address: "We haven't yet done enough to make our communities and our country safer.
"We have to do more to keep dangerous people from getting their hands on a gun so easily.
"We have to do more to heal troubled minds."
The US president, who suffered humiliation as he tried but failed to impose greater gun controls in the wake of the shootings, took part in a candle lighting ceremony on Saturday afternoon.
President Obama and his wife Michelle light candles for the Sandy Hook dead He also held a moment's silence at the White House in memory of the victims who died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut, a year ago.
Meanwhile, in Newtown, Connecticut, bells tolled to mark the anniversary of the massacre. The bells of St. Rose of Lima church rang 26 times to honour each of the victims.
During his address, the president did not mention another shooting at a Colorado high school on Friday during which a student armed with a shotgun wounded at least two classmates before apparently taking his own life.
The president's address is recorded in advance.
Legislation that would have extended background checks for gun sales made online and at gun shows and to ban rapid-firing "assault" weapons failed to clear the US Senate this year.
Opponents argued it is essential to hold the line on protecting Americans' right to keep and bear arms guaranteed under the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
There were 26 candles: 20 for the dead children and six for the adults State legislatures have been more aggressive in enacting gun control legislation but those measures have faced some backlash.
Colorado passed gun control measures, but gun rights activists used recall elections to oust two state senators who backed them.
The White House has proposed spending $130m (£80m) to help teachers and other people who work with youth recognise the signs of mental illness and help people get treatment, but Congress has yet to allocate the funds.
So the administration will spend $50m (£30m) from its Health and Human Services budget to help community health centres hire more mental health professionals.
Another $50m (£30m) from the Agriculture Department budget will be spent on improving mental health facilities in rural areas, the White House has said.
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