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Are lawmakers headed in right direction on gun control?

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  • Gun Control Across America

  • Another 945 guns were turned in during a Phoenix police gun buyback event on Saturday.
    Another 945 guns were turned in during a Phoenix police gun buyback event on Saturday.
  • Thursday, May 16 2013 3:45 PM EDT2013-05-16 19:45:21 GMT
    District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
    District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's administration does not support a bill that would require gun owners in the nation's capital to carry liability insurance.
  • Thursday, April 25 2013 5:41 PM EDT2013-04-25 21:41:33 GMT
    A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.
    A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law.

You couldn't help but notice this week, that the workplace shooting happened at the very moment congressional hearings on gun violence were happening on Capitol Hill.

The issue of gun control is getting a lot of attention in Washington.

Whether it was this week's shooting in Phoenix, or two years ago in Tucson, people want an end to this kind of cowardly violence.

But there are real doubts whether anything Washington is talking about would work or if they're even headed in the right direction.

FOX News' Chris Wallace weighs in on what's new with the gun control debate, immigration reform and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. 

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