White House Assault Weapons Ban Drawing Opposition
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President Barack Obama will unveil tomorrow a package of proposals to cut gun violence, including a ban on sales of assault weapons that faces opposition in Congress even as a majority of the public backs it.
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be joined by children who wrote the president expressing their concerns following the mass shooting last month at a Connecticut school for the announcement, scheduled for 11:45 a.m. at the White House, Jay Carney, the president’s chief spokesman, said.