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President Delivers Gun Control Proposals Submitted: 01/16/2013
WASHINGTON, DC - President Barack Obama is announcing a $500 million package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun violence a month after a mass shooting in Connecticut killed 20 elementary school children.

The package includes a call on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and it would close loopholes in the gun sale background check system.

Obama also is signing 23 executive actions, which require no congressional approval, including several aimed at improving access to data for background checks.

Families of the victims of last month's shooting attack at a Connecticut elementary school were invited to the White House today to see President Barack Obama outline the effort aimed at reducing gun violence.

In advance of today's event, the National Rifle Association has released an online video calling Obama an ``elitist hypocrite'' for having armed secret Service agents protect his daughters at school while not committing to installing armed guards in all schools.

There's a new Associated Press-GfK poll that indicates nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of the shootings in Connecticut.

Majorities of those surveyed favor a nationwide bank on military-style, rapid-fire weapons, and limits on gun violence depicted in video games, movies and TV shows.

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