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A New Conversation on Gun Control
The President and the Mayor of New York are coordinating the effort to enact some form of gun control before the Sandy Hook massacre is forgotten.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenDespite recent massacres, members of Congress are increasingly reluctant to vote for gun control. President Obama and New York’s Mayor Bloomberg are trying to increase public pressure. Where do the owners of 300 million weapons really stand? Would different proposals—and a new kind of appeal--make them join the calls for action? Also, ratcheting up the rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula. On Reporter's Notebook, what happens to the buildings after cities shut down public schools? Banner image: Twenty-seven wooden angels are seen placed in a wooded area beside a road near the Sandy Hook Elementary School for the victims of a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 16, 2012. Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters
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Yesterday, stealth bombers from America's heartland flew over South Korea and dropped dummy weapons over the Yellow Sea. Today, North Korea's Kim Jong-Un himself ordered that missile units make ready to strike the US and South Korea. Jay Solomon, foreign affairs correspondent for the Wall Street Journal , was formerly based in Seoul.
Read the story7 minPassing Gun Control before the Sandy Hook Massacre Is Forgotten
President Obama and the New York Mayor Bloomberg are coordinating the effort to enact some form of gun control before the Sandy Hook massacre is forgotten. Bloomberg is trying to rekindle it with $12 million in TV spots in 13 states. Yesterday, the President took part in a so-called " Day of Action ."
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Public schools have been closing in major American cities — New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Oakland, and most recently in Chicago , where parents and teachers took to the streets.
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