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"Limiting magazine capacity or mandating registration will only affect law-abiding persons, not criminals bent on murder, " Wilson added.
CNN: Connecticut panel crafts gun law overhaul
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The prohibition did not eliminate assault weapons, but restricted their features, limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds and regulating pistol grips, bayonet attachments and flash suppressors.
CNN: Marine to senator: 'No ma'am,' I won't register my guns
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It includes the need to do something about limiting high-capacity ammunition clips and to reinstate an updated assault weapons ban.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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Obama has spoken in favor of banning assault-style weapons, limiting high-capacity ammunition magazines and requiring background checks for every gun buyer.
NPR: In Letters, Children Ask Obama To Change Gun Laws
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The New York measures include a wider ban on assault weapons, a law limiting high-capacity ammunition magazines, and provisions to keep guns from mentally ill people who make threats.
BBC: US gun debate: Obama to unveil gun control proposals
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Still, in his January State of the State address, Hickenlooper only specifically called for universal background checks on gun purchases, and he appeared ambivalent about a measure limiting high-capacity magazines.
WSJ: Few states find narrow route to gun control laws
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On Wednesday, President Barack Obama stepped up his call for background checks for all gun purchases and renewed his demand that Congress at least vote on banning assault weapons and limiting access to large-capacity ammunition magazines.
WSJ: AG Holder: wants voting rights provision upheld
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While not outright opposing background checks or Obama's other calls for limiting assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, the speaker said he preferred focusing on the link between mass shootings and mental health issues.
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