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Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR 9:13 AM EST, SUNDAY JANUARY 13, 2013
National Rifle Association president David Keene on Sunday predicted that a ban on assault weapons ban and high-capacity magazines would fail in Congress.
"I would say that the likelihood is that they're likely to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress," he said on CNN's "State of the Union." He said he also doesn't believe a ban on certain clips could pass either.
Keene's group accused the White House of seeking to undermine the Second Amendment after a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden last week.
On Sunday Keene reiterated: "We're not going to compromise on peoples' rights when there is no evidence that doing so is going to serve a purpose."
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