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US Lawmakers Duck Gun Control: Democrat Bill Unlikely to Reach Obama
16 January 2011
Courier-Post (New Jersey)
Of the handful of legislative responses to this month's tragic mass shooting that killed six and nearly claimed one of Congress's own, a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., is the toughest.
It is also unlikely to reach President Barack Obama's desk.
New Jersey's senior senator and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y. -- whose husband was slain by a gunman in 1993 -- plan to introduce a bill that would outlaw the manufacture and sale of high-capacity clips... (GunPolicy.org)