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Portland Mayor Michael Brennan to call for changes in gun policy

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Portland Mayor Michael Brennan is scheduled to join other city leaders and gun control activists to call on President Obama and Congress to support stricter gun control legislation at a press conference on Monday.

The event will fall one month to day after a gunman went into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT and began shooting. 26 people died at the school, including 20 children.

City leaders will unveil a new advertisement calling for gun control measures, including criminal background checks, removing high capacity weapons, and criminalizing gun trafficking.Portland Mayor Michael Brennan to call for changes in gun policy

Monday, January 14 2013, 02:58 PM EST

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