In Washington, the US Congress is set to debate new gun control legislation this month.
NRA, and not one piece of gun-control legislation was passed at the federal level.
"It would be a monumental mistake on his part" to support federal gun control legislation, Reichner said.
One is that the shutter-control legislation might not withstand a legal challenge under the American constitution's first amendment.
The gun-control cling we know about because rarely a day passes without a news story about the Senate's gun-control legislation.
This past week, Connecticut passed what advocacy groups call the strongest gun-control legislation of any state in the country.
Jeffrey Klein, who co-sponsored the gun control legislation, said he and legislators are only discussing technical changes at this time.
The Senate isn't expected to take a final vote on its package of gun-control legislation, in essence leaving the issue tabled.
President Bush in January signed the first major gun control legislation in 14 years, which strengthens background checks on gun buyers.
White House officials say the president wants his executive action to prod Republican leaders into taking action on pending gun control legislation.
Federal gun control legislation, meanwhile, has stalled in Congress amid strong opposition from the NRA and its allies in the US Senate.
Biden is expected to host an ongoing series of roundtable discussions around the country to promote the need for stricter gun control legislation.
The debate over rational gun control legislation is an opportunity for them to engage in a productive manner to make this nation safer.
He would, however, support and has supported some gun control legislation like the assault weapons ban, like closure of the gun show loophole.
The shooting reignited the gun debate in the country and led to calls for increased gun control legislation on the federal and state levels.
However both he and Exum added that though they appreciated the White House calls, they were already staunch supporters of stricter gun control legislation.
But that prospect seemed unlikely, and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is unlikely to initiate any gun-control legislation in the absence of a Senate-passed bill.
High-profile Silicon Valley venture capitalist Ron Conway promoted the online moment of silence, which is part of a larger campaign for federal gun control legislation.
But Turner was unfazed when Colorado passed new gun control legislation.
Those who argue that tougher gun control legislation and outright bans will make things safer might consider how well they have worked in other countries.
Nicole Hockley is continuing to lobby politicians in Washington for tighter gun control legislation in the US alongside fellow members of the Sandy Hook Promise group.
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Like Congress, the Colorado state legislature is considering a package of gun control legislation designed to broaden background checks to include private sales and limit the size of ammunition magazines.
So even as outrage is sparked over shootings such as that of Trayvon Martin in Florida and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, there is little appetite for gun-control legislation.
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That same month, several lawmakers have promised to introduce or reintroduce gun control legislation, ranging from a reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons to banning the sale of high-capacity magazines.
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Malloy and Connecticut lawmakers were drafting gun control legislation, the governor wrote to manufacturers asking them to stay in the state despite what he said are differences over how to regulate firearms.
But correspondents say that Democrats are now less reluctant to pursue gun control legislation than before, after two pro-gun senators said they supported action in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.
Lawyers for both sides tried to strike a moderate tone before the court, arguing that there was an individual right to own a weapon, but that governments could impose reasonable gun-control legislation.
Yet, when the hundreds of hours of legislative debate, on camera pleas, backroom negotiations and intense lobbying have ended, groups like the National Rifle Association may find that they have narrowed the scope of gun control legislation.
In Scotland, the devolved administration has already tightened dog-control legislation, enabling enforcement officers to impose sanctions on the owners of out-of-control dogs and extending the criminal law on dog control to cover attacks taking place on private property.
They met with local and state leaders to discuss gun control legislation, mental health identification and treatment, and "concerns for the erosion of our societal values such that we are increasingly desensitized to violence, " according to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
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