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Posted: 4/11/2013 8:47:54 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (R) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (L) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/11/2013 8:47:54 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (L) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (R) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:55:26 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (R) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (L) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:55:26 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (L) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (R) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:55:26 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (R) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (L) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:55:26 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (L) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (R) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:55:26 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (R) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (L) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:55:26 AM EST
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (L) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (R) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 3:49:50 PM EST
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in Albany, New York January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Hans Pennink
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Posted: 4/9/2013 3:49:50 PM EST
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in Albany, New York January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Hans Pennink
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Posted: 4/9/2013 1:41:29 PM EST
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in Albany, New York January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Hans Pennink
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Posted: 4/9/2013 1:41:29 PM EST
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in Albany, New York January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Hans Pennink
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Posted: 4/9/2013 1:22:49 PM EST
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in Albany, New York January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Hans Pennink
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Posted: 4/9/2013 1:22:49 PM EST
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in Albany, New York January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Hans Pennink
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Posted: 4/9/2013 3:18:33 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., accompanied by his wife Gayle and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrats are approaching decision time on whether they can get Republican support for expanding background checks for firearms sales or will have to take the shakier path of pursuing the cornerstone of the gun control effort on their own. Democrats were to meet Tuesday, April 9, 2013, to discuss whether Manchin has been able to reach compromise with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Posted: 4/8/2013 1:33:21 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2012 file photo, Cori Sorensen, a fourth grade teacher from Highland Elementary School in Highland, Utah, receives firearms training with a .357 magnum from personal defense instructor Jim McCarthy in West Valley City, Utah, where teachers and administrators are allowed to bring guns to school. Lawmakers in many Republican-led states proposed arming school personnel with guns following a mass shooting at a Connecticut school, yet four months later the quest has stalled in many traditionally gun-friendly states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Posted: 4/7/2013 10:03:26 AM EST
FILE- In this Jan. 30, 2013, file photo Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks about gun legislation during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress returns from a two-week spring recess Monday, April 8, 2013, with gun control and immigration high on the Senate's agenda. Senators could start debating Democratic-written gun legislation before week's end, but leaders may decide to give negotiators more time to seek a deal on expanding background checks for firearms buyers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Posted: 4/7/2013 10:03:26 AM EST
FILE – In this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo faces of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims are seen behind Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D– Calif., as she speaks about the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 during the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress returns Monday, April 8, 2013, from a two-week spring recess with gun control and immigration high on the Senate's agenda. Senators could start debating Democratic-written gun legislation before week's end. But leaders also might decide to give negotiators more time to seek a deal on expanding background checks for firearms buyers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Posted: 4/6/2013 11:48:24 AM EST
FILE – In this April 1, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Neil Heslin, left, whose six-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the victims of the Newtown School shooting, pose for a photo with participates of the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Families of the school shooting victims are making regular appearances with Obama and walking the halls of Congress to advocate for stricter gun regulations. They helped push through the nation's most restrictive firearms law in Connecticut this April. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Posted: 4/6/2013 11:48:24 AM EST
FILE – In this February 15, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama hugs Gilles Rousseau, father of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Lauren Rousseau, as her mother Terry Rousseau, watches at left during a White House ceremony in Washington to posthumously honor their daughter with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal. Families of the school shooting victims are making regular appearances with President Barack Obama and walking the halls of Congress to advocate for stricter gun regulations. They helped push through the nation's most restrictive firearms law in Connecticut this April. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)