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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.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

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

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