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Obamas gun control reference in inaugural speech may have a more subliminal message
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Inaugural speeches are known for sweeping rhetoric and big ideas, the president’s goal upon taking office to offer a vision for his term rather than two dozen bullet points on the legislation he wants passed (that’s what the State of the Union is for ... can’t wait). Such was the case when President Barack Obama launched his second term Monday, touching on themes he hopes to pursue in the next four years. Among the ideas he brushed past were equal pay for women, rights for gay Americans and a “better way to welcome” immigrants.