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5:14 pm
Wed April 10, 2013

Blunt, McCaskill At Odds Over Background Check Bill

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Missouri’s U.S. Senators are divided on a bill that would expand background checks to more gun buyers. Republican Blunt has indicated that he does not support the bill, while Democrat Claire McCaskill says she will.

On a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, McCaskill said Congress needs to do something to try to prevent mass shootings.

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Politics
9:36 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Quinn Goes To Church To Call For Ill. Gun Regulations

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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn took his call for new state gun regulations to the church pulpit.

Quinn has been talking to church-goers about how to reduce gun violence in Chicago.

At Saint Sabina's Sunday on the city's South Side - Quinn invoked the Bible in talking about proposals like expanding background checks and banning certain guns.

"We're not going to stand by and let children and others be killed," Quinn said. "No no no. We're going to listen to what Paul said: Love is patient. Love is kind. Love never fails."

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Gun-Control
2:48 pm
Sat March 30, 2013

Officials, Religious Leaders And Others Rally For New Gun-Control Measures

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Pro gun-control supporters rally at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, March 30.
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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay speaks during a gun-control rally at Kiener Plaza on Saturday, March 30.
Credit Tim Lloyd / St. Louis Public Radio.
Pro-gun advocates hold signs at the back of large crowd gathered at Kiener Plaza for a gun-control rally on Saturday, March 30.
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From a podium at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, Democratic Mo. State Rep. Stacey Newman asked a crowd of gun-control supporters to hold up their phones and punch in a new contact, the switchboard for the U.S. Senate.

She told them to call every day, ask for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and demand that they vote in favor of universal background checks for gun sales.

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