Obama to gun control opponents: Meet with Orlando families

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President Obama on Monday challenged opponents of limiting access to semi-automatic weapons to meet the families of the victims, after he met with them himself in Orlando.

“Those who defend the easy accessibility of assault weapons should meet these families,” he said after laying a bouquet of white flowers at a makeshift memorial at the Philips Center, adjacent to Orlando’s city hall.

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