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Social reactions to Obama gun control speech: The president concluded his answer to Mr. Rhude's question by telling him that there is a way for commonsense gun laws to exist: "The only way we're ...
On Wednesday, President Obama unveiled his proposals for curbing gun violence in America. Some of his suggestions would require new laws -- an unlikely outcome, given Congress' gridlock and the ...
The one thing that President Obama and the National Rifle Association seem to agree on is that the U.S. needs to develop a more effective firearms policy. Over the past month, both sides have ...
On January 16, 2013, one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, President Obama outlined a series of sweeping gun control proposals, urging Congress to reintroduce an expired ban on "military-style" assault weapons, such as those used in several recent mass shootings, impose limits on ammunition magazines to 10 rounds, introduce ...
Obama’s former Education Secretary Arne Duncan pushed a radical idea on Twitter; parents should pull their children out of school until elected officials pass stricter gun control laws.
On January 24, 2013, Dianne Feinstein and 24 Democratic cosponsors introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, into the U.S. Senate. [19] [20] The bill was similar to the 1994 federal ban, but differed in that it used a one-feature test for a firearm to qualify as an assault weapon rather than the two-feature test of the 1994 ban. [21]
Gun rights groups spent over $15.1 million lobbying in Washington D.C. in 2013, with the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) spending $6.7 million, and the NRA spending $3.4 million. [96] Gun control groups spent $2.2 million, with MAIG spending $1.7 million, and the Brady Campaign spending $250,000 in the same period. [97]
Obama meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss his administration's options for tightening gun rules. Seeking momentum on gun control, Obama to take case to US public Skip to ...