RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Since taking office seven years ago, the president has sought changes in the nation’s gun laws – such as expanded background checks, stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban – which would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon.
Over the past several years, Obama has traveled to Aurora, Colorado; Tucson, Arizona; Charleston, South Carolina, and many other cities to mourn victims of gun violence. The White House’s failed push for gun control legislation after the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, shooting — in which 20 children and six adults were killed at an elementary school – deeply frustrated Obama.
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