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On the recordDecember 20, 2012
I think we're going to have one of the most powerful lobbying forces that this country has ever seen in the parents and relatives of those that were killed last Friday.
Said by
Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy predicts that the families of the victims will become a strong advocacy group for gun control.

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