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April 4, 2013

Obama Pushes Bipartisan Gun Reform in Colorado Speech 
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President Obama traveled to Colorado on Wednesday to continue his push
for a gun-control bill in Washington. Citing Colorado's recent
gun-control legislation, Obama said a bipartisan agreement is possible.

President Obama: "I believe there doesn't have to be a conflict in
reconciling these realities. There doesn't have to be a conflict between
protecting our citizens and protecting our Second Amendment rights.
Aurora is very much a purple city. It's got a majority Republican city
council; a majority of its state legislators are Democrat. But they came
together understanding that out of this tragedy there had to be
something that made sense. And so we've seen enacted tougher background
checks that won't infringe on the rights of responsible gun owners, but
will help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people."

 

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