LI congressional delegation backs gun curbs
Photo credit: AP | A man holds a child while paying respects to shooting victims at a makeshift memorial outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. A gunman opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (Dec. 16, 2012)
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Amid a re-energized national debate over gun control, four members of the Long Island congressional delegation and New York's U.S. senators said they would back a ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines of the type used in the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
Their comments came as officials said President Barack Obama would "actively" support a ban on the weapons....
