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On the recordJanuary 29, 2013
the assault weapons ban was singularly ineffective.
Said by
Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Mark E. Kelly references a Department of Justice assessment on the assault weapons ban's ineffectiveness.

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