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Gillibrand gun trafficking bill picks up GOP co-sponsor

U.S.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks at a press conference

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | U.S.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks at a press conference in Centereach. (Jan. 8, 2013)

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Wednesday introduced a stripped-down version of her legislation to make interstate trafficking of guns a federal crime -- and picked up a Republican as a co-sponsor.

Her bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), became the first bipartisan gun legislation since the White House began its campaign to curb gun violence in response to the massacre...

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