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\b \cf2 BY CHRISTIAN BRYANT \f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0 The continuing narrative on gun control in the U.S. again came front and center in
the wake of a Connecticut school shooting Friday morning.
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 White House Press Secretary {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.c-span.org/Events/White-House-Press-Secretary-Holds-Daily-Briefing/10737436607-1/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 Jay Carney}} answered questions
from reporters on the priority of stricter gun control during Friday\'92s daily briefing,
saying... \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\b \'93There is, I\'92m sure, will be, rather, a day for discussion of the usual
Washington policy debates, but I don\'92t think today is that day.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 Carney\'92s comments drew the ire of politicians
and the media who asked the question, \i if not now, when is the right time?
\f1\i0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 A writer for {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/12/the-right-day-to-talk-about-guns.html#ixzz2F47ha8ns"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 The New Yorker\ulnone }}calls
Carney\'92s refrain and President Obama\'92s inaction toward gun control reform \'93cowardice\'94:
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0\b \'93They avoid the issue as much as
possible, then mouth platitudes, or promise to pass only the most popular of measures,
like the assault-weapons ban. And then they do nothing to follow through.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 Pro-gun supporters have countered with
their familiar refrain: \'93guns don\'92t kill people,
\i people \i0 kill people.\'94
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 Conservative commentator {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"https://twitter.com/glennbeck"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 Glenn Beck tweeted}} his sympathy
for the victims and added: \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\b \'93Our society is broken. Our communities are suffering and it is because of the ever
expanding lack of self control & personal responsibility\'94
\b0 \ \pard\pardeftab720\sa240\ql\qnatural
\f1 \cf2 \uc0\u8232 \f0\b \'93It is not the gun. It is the soul.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 On {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/50189569/#50189313"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 MSNBC}}, Dan Gross from The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence said
the discussion on guns is one that needs to happen and raises a point on which, he believes,
both sides can agree. \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\b \'93There are things, as you\'92ve pointed out, that we all agree on, that don\'92t have
to do with the Second Amendment... a big one of those things is doing something about the
40 percent of all gun sales in this country that aren\'92t subject to background checks.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 In a press conference today, President
Obama told onlookers \'93we\'92re going to have to come together to take meaningful action
to prevent more tragedies like this,\'94 although he did not specify what action could take
place.\ \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural
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