President Barack Obama has proposed a new assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun buyers in a bid to channel national outrage over the Newtown school massacre into the biggest US gun-control push in generations.
President Barack Obama has proposed a new assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun buyers in a bid to channel national outrage over the Newtown school massacre into the biggest US gun-control push in generations.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Determined to champion gun control.
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Rolling out a wide-ranging plan for executive and legislative action to curb gun violence, the President set up a fierce clash with the powerful US gun lobby and its supporters in Congress, who are expected to resist what they see as an encroachment on constitutionally protected gun rights.
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