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Obama unveils new gun control laws in emotional speech

Excuses for inaction on gun control in the US "no longer suffice," President Barack Obama has warned, as he gave a tearful speech unveiling details of new restrictions on dealing and ownership.

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Wife of pastor killed in Charleston shooting backs Obama's gun controls

Widow Jennifer Pinckney Credit: ITV News

The wife of the pastor killed in the Charleston shooting last year has backed President Obama's new gun control measures.

Mr Pinckney was shot dead in a gun attack on the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015.

Reverend Clementa Pinckney

When we left that day to go to church, we left as a family and we didn't know he wouldn't be returning with us.

Definitely something needs to be done and I stand behind the president 100%.

– Widow Jennifer Pinckney

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