CHICAGO (CBS) — Forget peace marches and rallies, some Chicago kids are taking their concerns about violence straight to the top; not the police chief, not the superintendent, but the president.

CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot reports a group of children has written letters to President Barack Obama, many of them telling personal stories about gun violence.

Ten-year-old Samuel Garner wrote, “I live in Chicago, Illinois, and I want to live.”