President Obama to Hold Gun Control Town Hall on CNN

President Barack Obama is taking his push for tighter gun sales restrictions to cable news.

The President will join CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday evening for a one-hour live town hall on gun control, the cable news network announced Sunday.

The event, titled “Guns in America,” is scheduled to air live at 8 p.m. ET.

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The broadcast is timed to coincided with the fifth anniversary of the shooting of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, (D-Arizona). On January 8, 2011, Giffords was shot in the head outside a Safeway supermarket in Casas Adobes, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson. A gunman opened fire on Giffords and several others as she held a “Congress on Your Corner” gathering with constituents. The shooting left six people dead and 13 others wounded.

President Obama has repeatedly expressed his frustration with Congress’ inability to pass new gun laws, most recently after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. That shooting left 14 people dead and 22 others injured when a gunman and his wife opened fire at the Inland Regional Center during a holiday party for San Bernardino County workers. Hours later the suspects were killed in a shootout with authorities.

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In addition to addressing gun control on Thursday, the President will take questions from the audience.

Mass Shootings in America That Horrified All of Us (Photos)

Newtown, Conn. - On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were between the ages of six and seven years old. He also killed six adult staff members.
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Washington D.C. — A former Navy reservist shot and killed 12 people on September 16, 2013, at a military facility. The gunman was killed.
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Tyrone, Mo. - On Feb. 27, 2015, Joseph Jesse Aldridge killed seven people — four of them relatives — in a door-to-door shooting spree before killing himself.
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Waco, Tex. - Nine people were killed and many more were injured after two biker gangs began firing at each other at a motorcycle club on May 17, 2015.
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Charleston, S.C. - Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people during a racially motivated shooting in a predominantly African-American church on June 17, 2015.
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Chattanooga, Tenn. - A gunman named Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez entered two military facilities on July 16, 2015, and killed four Marines and injured others, before he was killed.
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Umpqua, Ore. - On October 1, 2015, Chris Harper Mercer killed nine people and injured seven to nine more at Umpqua Community College before two police officers shot him. Mercer then committed suicide.
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San Bernardino, Calif. - 14 people were killed and another 21 injured after Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire during a holiday party on December 2, 2015. The pair were later killed during a shootout with police.
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Orlando, Fla. - 50 people were killed and 53 wounded on June 11, 2016, at Pulse, a gay nightclub. Just before the shooting, suspected killer Omar Mateen called 911 and pledged his allegiance to the terror group ISIS. Mateen was also shot an killed by police on the scene.
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Newtown, Conn. - On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were between the ages of six and seven years old. He also killed six adult staff members.

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