"The difference between now and 1994 is that we had a decade to try his failed experience in gun control, " Cox said.

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"We say that he waited and waited, and he had with him a gun, concealed in a fairly unobtrusive black case, and he also had a balaclava, " he said.

BBC: Andrew Farndon

Since the turn of the century we had seen a steady turn toward lower taxes, a ban on even discussing gun control, a rising wave of anti-gay legislation and all manner of conservative legislation.

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We suppose we had a hint of it a month ago tomorrow, when he raged against the Senate for rejecting his calls for gun control, a subject on which he had cultivated a pretense of moderation during both his presidential campaigns.

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