President Obama is taking his plan to overhaul the nation's gun laws on the road today to Minneapolis, Minn., a Democratic-leaning state that exemplifies the complexities of reducing gun violence.

The president is expected to highlight the strides the city, once nicknamed "Murder-apolis," has made to stem gun violence, including a push for stricter background checks for gun owners and efforts to prevent people with mental health issues from acquiring a gun.

The city "has taken important steps to reduce gun violence and foster a conversation in the community about what further action is needed," according to the White House.

The president's visit, his first trip outside the Beltway to tout his sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, comes four months after a mentally ill man open fired at a north Minneapolis business, killing six people and himself in the deadliest workplace shooting is the state's history. The shooter's family had tried to get him help but failed.

 

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