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The growing gun control movement..
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Quote:Generals are coming together to advocate for gun control, and that effort has increased after the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando. Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, founder of the new group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense, made an appearance Monday at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition in Washington, D.C., to argue assault rifles are incredibly dangerous, CS Monitor reports.
Growing List Of Generals Calling For Disarming Populace | The Daily Caller

Quote:Just a day after the deadliest shooting in the U.S., the country’s largest medical professional group called gun violence a matter of public health, and said it supports federally-funded gun violence research. Fifty people were killed and 53 were injured in Sunday’s shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando. Omar S. Mateen, the alleged killer, had a gun license, reinvigorating a public debate about gun regulation in the U.S.
In aftermath of Orlando shooting, American Medical Association takes a stand - MarketWatch

Even Fox's Bill O'Reilly:
Quote:"There is too much gun crime in the USA, and high-powered weaponry is too easy to get," he said. "That's the fact. So let's deal with it. We all have the right to bear arms, but we don't have the right to buy and maintain mortars. Even if you feel threatened by gangsters or a New World Order. No bazookas, no Sherman tanks, no hand grenades." "That's because the Second Amendment clearly states the government has a right to regulate militias, made up of individuals," he continued. "They have that right in the name of public safety. Therefore, Congress should debate what kind of weapons should be available for public sale. And the states, the individual states, should decide what kind of carry laws are good for their own people." O'Reilly said new laws were "definitely needed" in the face of new terrorist threats and mass murders.
Bill O'Reilly takes stunning stance after Orlando massacre - Business Insider
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Quote:Vulnerable Republicans are showing signs of compromising on gun restrictions as Democrats push hard for provisions to bar suspected terrorists from purchasing weapons such as those used to kill 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Three Republican senators in tough re-election fights -- Rob Portman of Ohio, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin -- said yesterday that the Senate should try to agree on a mechanism to keep guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists.
Vulnerable Senate Republicans Open to Gun Compromise - Bloomberg Politics
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Quote:This week, Americans woke up to familiar headlines: Over the July 4 holiday weekend, six people were killed and 66 were hurt in shootings in Chicago. Eighteen people were shot in St. Louis. Seventeen in Boston. It was another marker of what often feels like an intractable urban gun violence problem in America. But in his new book Bleeding Out, criminal justice scholar Thomas Abt argues that it does not have to be this way. He presents a vision for dealing with urban violence by fundamentally rethinking how law enforcement and other government resources are used — a cost-effective solution that could save lives, while being more palatable to both political parties than sweeping gun control.
How to fight gun violence in American cities - Vox
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