• Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package

  • Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
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  • WASHINGTON
    By ERICA WERNER,Associated Press
    JULIE PACE,Associated Press
    Updated Jan. 16, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
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