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Gun Control Debate Heating up in Statehouses

Source: AP/ABC News | Nation | December 21, 2012

As President Barack Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own ideas that are likely to produce fights over gun control in their upcoming sessions.

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