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In his first term, however, Obama practiced a policy of appeasement, failing to block the expansion of gun rights or promote gun control.
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Lawmakers in California, the District of Columbia, as well as a handful on Capitol Hill said they intend to fight block 3-D gun printing technology.
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Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican and tough Obama critic, told CNN's Jim Acosta that he would not block a vote on gun control in the Senate.
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Although the Senate has rejected an attempt to block debate on expanded background checks for gun sales, leaders say debate over the actual bill could last weeks.
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Mr Obama, a Democrat, strongly backs the new proposals, but gun groups and their mostly Republican allies in the Senate have vowed to block them.
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The media paid scant attention to gun control in the past, in part because of a conviction that the NRA would block any reform on Capitol Hill.
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It remained unclear whether a package of new gun laws recently passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee can overcome a certain filibuster by Senate Republicans that would block it from debate and a floor vote.
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