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    Olivier Douliery - MCT
    A protester holds up a sign as Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), speaks at a news conference at the Willard Hotel, December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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    WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21: A protester holds up a bannaer as he protests during NRA CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's news conference at the Willard Hotel prior to a news conference the association has scheduled December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is the first public appearance that leaders of the gun rights group have made since a 20-year-old man used a popular assault-style rifle to slaughter 20 school children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, one week ago. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    A protester holds up a sign as Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), speaks at a news conference at the Willard Hotel, December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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    Protesters marching with the social activist group CREDO along with other concerned citizens descend on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    PAUL J. RICHARDS - AFP/Getty Images
    Protesters marching with the social activist group CREDO along with other concerned citizens descend on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    Protesters marching with the social activist group CREDO along with other concerned citizens descend on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    Protesters descend on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    PAUL J. RICHARDS - AFP/Getty Images
    Protesters marching with the social activist group CREDO along with other concerned citizens descend on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    PAUL J. RICHARDS - AFP/Getty Images
    Protesters marching with the social activist group CREDO along with other concerned citizens descend on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    PAUL J. RICHARDS - AFP/Getty Images
    A protestor marching with the social activist group CREDO along with other concerned citizens decends on the offices of the NRA's (National Rifle Association)Capitol Hill lobbiest's office demanding the pro-gun lobby stand down in reaction to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. A leading Democratic senator launched a bid Sunday to ban assault weapons in the wake of the latest deadly US school shooting, announcing that she will put a bill before Congress on January 3.Dianne Feinstein, the influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she believed President Barack Obama would support her legislation, also aimed at outlawing magazines carrying more than 10 bullets. AFP Photo/Paul J. RichardsPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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    Olivier Douliery - MCT
    People protest the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) news conference in front of the Willard Hotel, near the White House December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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    Olivier Douliery - MCT
    People protest the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) news conference in front of the Willard Hotel, near the White House December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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    Olivier Douliery - MCT
    People protest the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) news conference in front of the Willard Hotel, near the White House December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nationês largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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    Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP
    Tasha Devoe, left, of Lawrence, Mass., joins a march to the National Rifle Association headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Curbing gun violence will be a top priority of President Barack Obama's second term, aides say. but exactly what he'll pursue and how quickly are still evolving. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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    Evan Vucci - AP
    Activist Medea Benjamin, of Code Pink, is led away by security as she protests during a statement by National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, left, during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Washington. The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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