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Is Obama aiming off gun control?

Updated on 01 May 2009

By More4 News

President Obama faces calls for tougher action on gun control after 100 days in power.

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One area in which President Obama has rowed back from his pre-election promises is gun control.

It is an issue that arouses strong feelings in urban black communities, not least in New York City, where a surge of shootings, 14 over last weekend alone, has pushed the issue up the political agenda.

Inigo Gilmore reports.

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