What's in a name? A lot, if your name includes the term "gun control." So in a nod to the political realities of the moment, a group founded in the days after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting is officially changing its name by dropping the politically loaded term.
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The group's decision to drop "gun control" from its name is consistent with the messaging strategies adopted by the White House, congressional Democrats and other groups pushing for stricter gun laws that prefer to use terms like "gun violence" or "common sense reforms" instead of "gun control."
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
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