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| Obama was flanked by local law enforcement during his North Minneapolis speech. |
President Obama traveled to North Minneapolis this afternoon to deliver a speech in support of his new gun control proposals. His remarks didn't contain anything anything distinct from
what he laid out on January 16, but he did offer up some praise for what the city of Minneapolis has gone to reduce gun violence.
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"No law or set of laws can keep our children completely safe, but if there's even one thing we can do, even one life we can save, we have an obligation to try. That's been the philosophy here in Minneapolis," Obama said, adding that the number of young people injured by guns in the city has decreased by 40 percent. (He drew that number from
this city document, which shows a dramatic decrease in the number of Minneapolis youth and young adults injured in firearm-related assaults from 2005-06 to 2011.)
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