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Ms Sturgeon wants to go farther: she is using her party's new strength in Westminster to push for control of corporation tax and national insurance (paid by employees and employers), for example, with which to boost Scotland's finances.

Tribes have continued to push for control over justice systems on sovereign Indian land, in spite of resistance from state, local and federal lawmakers and law enforcement authorities.

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Continue to push for gun control legislation: The tragedies in Dallas and Orlando are yet more illustrations of the need for enhanced gun control legislation like comprehensive background checks.

Miss Sloane A timely drama here from John Madden, finally freed from the Marigold Hotel cinematic universe, who directs Jessica Chastain as an ambitious lobbyist putting her own life at risk to push for gun control.

Nevertheless, Keene says that all of these gains are fragile, because President Obama — who in his first term has not only failed to push for gun control but has signed legislation extending gun rights — has been hiding his true convictions.

Virginia's governor, Terry McAuliffe, said he would continue to push for gun control during his time in office, even though he has been stymied by the state legislature in his previous efforts to expand background checks and enact tougher restrictions on firearm purchases.

On top of that, you've got the Obama Administration involved in a gun-trafficking sting, evidence to some people that the President has a secret plan to push for gun control, even though Democrats have in fact almost completely dropped the issue in recent years.

Religious leaders across the country this week vowed to mobilize their congregants to push for gun control legislation and provide the ground support for politicians willing to take on the gun lobby, saying the time has come for action beyond praying and comforting the families of those killed.

Antonius Wiriadjaja, 29, a victim of a drive-by shooting in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 5, is documenting his painful recovery in a blog, How I Survived a Gunshot Wound to the Gut, in an effort to push for gun control.

So, time to push for gun control?

On the question of whether inequality of the market might lead the less-well-off democratic majority to push for state control, I'm not so sure.

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