Obama to unveil gun control plans
- Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 17.45
- Online news: World
US President Barack Obama was to unveil sweeping plans to tighten gun controls Wednesday, with an assault weapons ban, background checks for all buyers and limits on high-capacity magazines likely.
US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC on January 14, 2013. Obama was to unveil sweeping plans to tighten gun controls Wednesday, with an assault weapons ban, background checks for all buyers and limits on high-capacity magazines likely.
Obama was to outline his comprehensive strategy to thwart America's scourge of gun violence surrounded by children who wrote to him about their fears for school safety following last month's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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