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Chris Murphy: “Let me be clear, we have to treat America's gun violence crisis as a gun problem, not a mental health problem.”

On the recordJune 21, 2022
Let me be clear, we have to treat America's gun violence crisis as a gun problem, not a mental health problem.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy emphasizes the need to address gun violence directly rather than attributing it to mental health issues.

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