Obama Calls for Universal Background Checks for All Gun Purchases
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Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2013 · News & Politics
At a press conference with the Minneapolis Police Department in Minneapolis Feb. 4, 2013, President Barack Obama called for action by way of "a set of commonsense ideas to reduce gun violence," including universal background checks for all gun purchases, which he says are almost "universally supported by gun owners."
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