Steny Hoyer: Gun Control ‘Doable’ In 2013

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One of the House’s most senior Democrats told MSNBC Thursday that reinstating the assault weapons ban is “doable” in the next Congress.

“I think it is doable. I hope it’s doable,” Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD), the Democratic Whip, said. “I’m hopeful because I think that’s what the American people think is a reasonable step to take. It’s not a perfect step. It won’t get us to where we need to be to decrease the violence, decrease the risk to our children that we have seen so dramatically and tragically recently and over the years. But it is certainly a rational, reasonable, common sense step to take.” 

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