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Jay Carney: “The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2012
The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law. And that's his focus right now.
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Jay Carney

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Carney outlines President Obama's focus on enforcing existing gun laws rather than proposing new legislation.

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