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18 Dec '12, 12am

Gun control petition breaks record; 150,000 people call on Obama to produce legislation that limits access to guns

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In just three days since the Newtown school shooting, more than 150,000 people have signed a petition calling on United States (US) President Barack Obama to produce legislation that limits access to guns. Support for the gun control drive, posted on the White House "We the People" website on Friday, neared 158,000 signatures at around 2200 GMT (6am Tuesday Singapore time) on Monday, already a new record for such a petition. "Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution's intended purpose of the right to bear arms," it says, referring to groups like the country's powerful National Rifle Association (NRA). "Therefore, Congress must act on what is stated law, and face the reality that access to firearms reaches beyond what the Second Amendment intends to achieve," says the petition, available at www.whitehouse.gov .

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