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On gun control, the president may only be able to get through Congress tightened background checks for buyers, rather than an automatic-weapons ban.

In the wake of the shooting, there have been mounting calls for moves to control guns including a ban on military-style assault weapons, a cap on high-capacity magazine and tightened background checks on private gun sellers.

In the wake of the Newtown shooting, which left 27 victims dead, including 20 children aged six and seven, there have been mounting calls for greater gun controls, including a ban on military-style assault weapons, a cap on high-capacity magazines and tightened background checks on private gun sellers.

Instead, the lawmakers spent Monday voting down bills that would have tightened background checks on weapon sales and blocked people on all terrorist watch lists -- there are many -- from buying guns.

Congress rejected bills to tighten background checks on gun sales and ban military-style "assault weapons" in April 2013.

She assailed the setbacks in Congress on measures that would tighten background checks for gun buyers and replace across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.

But in the last few years, bills have been introduced — to restrict sales of 100-bullet magazines or to tighten background checks — that do not go anywhere.

The politicians for their part offer their "thoughts and prayers" to the victims, but vote down (as the Senate again did last week) proposals to tighten background checks.

Last year 13 states passed laws tightening background checks, including seven that now require such checks for private gun sales, which federal law does not.Today 17 states and Washington, DC demand stricter background checks than the federal government does.

Despite making it a top priority of his second term in office, President Barack Obama has struggled to persuade Congress to move forward on new legislation to tighten background checks on gun sales.

Obama's attempt to tighten background check regulations by executive action amounted to little more than publicizing a new handout from the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco and Firearmsexplaining how citizens should comply with the current law.