Sandy Hook daughter confronts senator: Mom being gunned down isn’t enough?
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who voted against expanding background checks on gun sales, was confronted by the daughter of Sandy Hook Elementary’s slain principal at a rowdy town hall in New Hampshire.
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Senate shelves gun bill after defeats
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Four months and four days after the Newtown shootings, the U.S. Senate has indefinitely shelved major gun legislation.
The move follows the 54-46 defeat of a compromise to expand background checks, the most critical of a series of amendments that failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday.
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Obama on Senate background-check failure: ‘A pretty shameful day for Washington’
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Despite an impassioned push by President Barack Obama and an emotional lobbying effort by the families of mass shooting victims, proponents of a compromise measure to expand gun background checks on Wednesday fell six votes short of passage in the Senate.
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Obama on gun control: After Newtown, ‘I feel personally responsible’
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President Obama expressed confidence in passage of a bill that would make major changes to the nation’s immigration system, in an exclusive TODAY interview conducted days before key senators introduced sweeping legislation on the issue.
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BREAKING: Key gun-control vote passes in Senate
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The Senate votes 68 to 31 on a procedural measure to begin debate of a proposed law that would expand background checks for gun sales and strengthen mental-health and school-safety programs.
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Senators to announce background check deal
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Two key senators have reached a deal to expand background checks to firearms sales at gun shows and on the Internet, sources close to the negotiations said early Wednesday.
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Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy signed a broad new package of gun laws Thursday in the state where 20 children and 6 educators were slain in a brutal school shooting nearly four months ago.
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NRA unveils ‘School Shield’ recommendations
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The NRA-backed National School Shield program on Tuesday unveiled recommendations to protect schools from instances of violence, including a model program to train and enable school personnel to carry firearms.
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Connecticut lawmakers reach deal on ‘most comprehensive’ gun limits in US
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Lawmakers’ proposed bill includes a ban on high-capacity magazines like those Adam Lanza used during his Newtown killing spree, a registry for existing high-capacity magazines and background checks for private gun sales.
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‘Shame on us if we’ve forgotten’: Obama pushes Congress on guns
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President Barack Obama on Thursday sternly rebuked opponents of pending gun control measures, accusing them of “running out the clock” and hoping that the nation forgets last year’s Newtown school shooting in order to keep popular reforms from passing into law.
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Senate Democrats push forward with background checks
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Senate Democrats are pushing forward with a plan to require all gun buyers to get a background check before they can buy a firearm.
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BREAKING: Colorado governor signs gun-magazine limits, expanded background checks
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed landmark new gun laws on Wednesday expanding background checks on gun purchases and limiting the size of ammunition magazines, placing the traditionally firearm-friendly state among the handful to pass new restrictions in the wake of the shooting in Newtown, Conn.
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At scene of her shooting, Giffords urges Congress to expand background checks
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned Wednesday to the Arizona grocery store where she was shot to push Congress to expand background checks for gun purchases.
“Be bold. Be courageous. Please support background checks. Thank you very much,” said Giffords, speaking carefully in a brief appearance at the podium.
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Jony Ive redesigns the NBC News logo.
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