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Gabby Giffords: “Let me be clear: there is no constitutional impediment to passing lifesaving gun laws.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
Let me be clear: there is no constitutional impediment to passing lifesaving gun laws.
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Gabby Giffords
Arizona

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Giffords asserts that the Second Amendment does not prevent stronger gun laws.

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