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Republican senator rand paul is leading a growing group of republicans threatening to block any vote. a total of 13 now signing onto this letter to senate democratic leader harry reid. saying, any new gun restrictions would violate the second amendment. >> they deserve a simple vote. they deserve -- they deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: white house officials respond by saying, every member of congress applauded the president's call for a vote at the state of the union. with newtown families looking on. but officials won't say whether the president would sign a watered down bill without back...

Anyone who wants to purchase a gun. >> reporter: but despite polls showing 90% of americans support universal background checks, even getting that vote is increasingly uncertain. republican senator rand paul is leading a growing group of republicans threaten to go block any vote. a total of 13 now signing on to this letter to senate democratic leader harry reid. saying in you new gun restrictions would violate the second amendment. >> they deserve a simple vote. they deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: white house officials respond by saying every member of congress applauded the president's c...

>> reporter: but despite polls showing 90% of americans support universal background checks, even getting that vote is increasingly uncertain. republican senator rand paul is leading a growing group of republicans threatening to block any vote. a total of 13 now signing onto this letter to senate democratic leader harry reid. saying, any new gun restrictions would violate the second amendment. >> they deserve a simple vote. they deserve -- they deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: white house officials respond by saying, every member of congress applauded the president's call for a vote at the ...

Republicans, moderate republicans in this country who say this is crazy that we have these -- we don't have these kind of laws. >> is this a time then when part of the audience is undoubtedly republicans but the other part are ordinary americans, many of whom are gun owners. i'm not here to take your guns. lbj said we are here to end segregation. >> you could have a buyback program. it's what they did in australia to make handguns. it's by far the largest cause of gun violence in america. you know, i think obama learned from the mistake of the assault weapon ban. it went through a five-year sa...

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