Obama to Detail Gun-Control Plans at White House Event
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The public debate on new gun control measures gets down to specifics today as President Barack Obama unveils a package of proposals that includes a ban on sales of assault weapons that faces congressional opposition even as a majority of the public supports it.
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be joined at the White House by children who wrote the president expressing their concerns following last month’s mass shooting at a Connecticut school, Jay Carney, the president’s spokesman, said yesterday. The announcement is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. New York time.