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When Rep. Gabby Giffords and 18 other Americans were gunned down in front of a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket in January 2011, I thought Congress would start to move on gun control legislation. Giffords was, after all, one of their own members. I was disappointed.

WASHINGTON â€" Manufacturers of the popular AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the type of weapon used last week in the Newtown, Conn., killings, girded for the worst Tuesday as gun control moved to the forefront of the legislative agenda in the nation's capital and retailers pulled the weapon from store sales floors and websites.

WASHINGTON â€" After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday and promised ‘‘to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.''

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Mourners overlapped at back-to-back services as funerals began in earnest in a Connecticut town that lost 20 of its children and seven adults to a gunman, with emotions and tempers in tatters amid a global crush of media attention to a community once known mostly for its bucolic atmosphere and sterling school system.

WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Congressional gun rights supporters showed an increased willingness Tuesday to consider new legislation to control firearms in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings â€" provided it also addresses mental health issues and the impact of violent video games.

WASHINGTON â€" Manufacturers of the popular AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the type of weapon used last week in the Newtown, Conn., killings, girded for the worst Tuesday as gun control moved to the forefront of the legislative agenda in the nation's capital and retailers pulled the weapon from store sales floors and websites.