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Brief, but I think we beat Wikipedia to it.
Ever since [[Al Gore]] lost the presidential election in 2000 in part due to [[Democrat]] demands for [[gun control]] in the aftermath of the [[Columbine massacre]], Democrats have had an unspoken rule against demanding gun control. White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters, "The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law."<ref name=wp/> [[Neoconservative]] commentator Bill Kristol told Fox News Sunday that this was a mistake and that Obama should show more leadership on calling for an assault weapon ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/2012/07/22/feinstein-johnson-debate-stricter-gun-control-netanyahu-dangerous-times-middle-east|title=Feinstein, Johnson debate stricter gun control; Netanyahu on dangerous times in the Middle East|date=July 22, 2012|work=[[Fox News]] Sunday}}</ref>
Ever since [[Al Gore]] lost the presidential election in 2000 in part due to [[Democrat]] demands for [[gun control]] in the aftermath of the [[Columbine massacre]], Democrats have had an unspoken rule against demanding gun control. White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters, "The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law."<ref name=wp/> [[Neoconservative]] commentator Bill Kristol told Fox News Sunday that this was a mistake and that Obama should show more leadership on calling for an assault weapon ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/2012/07/22/feinstein-johnson-debate-stricter-gun-control-netanyahu-dangerous-times-middle-east|title=Feinstein, Johnson debate stricter gun control; Netanyahu on dangerous times in the Middle East|date=July 22, 2012|work=[[Fox News]] Sunday}}</ref>
==Sentencing==
On the 7th august 2015 a Colorado jury spared Holmes the death penalty.
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