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On the recordFebruary 20, 2018
That this happens nowhere else other than the United States of America. This epidemic of mass slaughter, the scourge of school shooting after school shooting. It only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy discusses the unique prevalence of school shootings in the U.S. and attributes it to political inaction.

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