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Sandy Hook shootings prompt Bloomberg, politicians to seek tough new gun laws, enforcement

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Photo credit: Getty Images | New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appears in a pre-taped interview on "Meet the Press" in Washington D.C. (Dec. 15, 2012)

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Sunday demanded that President Barack Obama "stand up," make federal gun-control legislation his top priority and push back at weapons lobbyists.

"It's time for the president to . . . lead and tell this country what we should do, not go to Congress and say, 'What do you guys want to do?' " Bloomberg said, speaking on NBC's "Meet The Press" about the fatal assault...

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