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Mass. House Speaker Introduces Major Gun Control Bill
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Tuesday morning, House Speaker Robert DeLeo unveiled a comprehensive bill aimed at revamping the state's gun laws.
It's the most ambitious effort to reform Massachusetts gun legislation in the past two decades and would do the following:
- have Massachusetts join a national background check database
- give police chiefs more authority to restrict licenses
- require all private gun sales to be conducted in the presence of a licensed dealer
WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer gets details on the legislation, which has been in the works since the Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, Conn., two years ago.
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Asma Khalid, WBUR reporter. She tweets at @asmamk.
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WBUR: Gun Legislation Unveiled On Beacon Hill
- "Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Tuesday morning introduced long-awaited legislation that aims to decrease gun violence."
This segment aired on May 27, 2014.
