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Newtown Connecticut, risk management and gun lobbying

On this week's Bloomberg Government Capital Impact show, analysts will discuss the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown Connecticut. They will also talk about how President Obama plans to respond to the tragedy, and the impact that response will have on the gun lobby.
December 20, 2012

Tags: acquisition , Newtown shootings , risk management , gun lobby , President Obama , Allen Scott , Kiersten Todt Coon , Julianna Goldman , Bloomberg Government , Bloomberg TV , Capital Impact

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Veterans' gun rights sticky issue in defense bill

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) sought to amend the bill to stop the Veterans Affairs Department from putting the names of veterans deemed too mentally incompetent to handle their finances into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which prohibits them from buying or owning firearms.

Tags: Veterans Affairs Department , Senate , Tom Coburn , Charles Schumer

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