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Obama thrusts gun control debate into forefront of 2016 race

(AP) -- President Barack Obama is making good on his pledge to politicize gun violence. The package of gun-control executive actions Obama will formally announce Tuesday has pushed the contentious issue

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Jan 5, 2016, 10:53 AM

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