This only happens in the United States of America. There’s no other nation in the high-income world in which kids worry about being shot when they go to school. It happens here in America because we choose to let it happen. We’re not unlucky. This is purposeful. This is a choice made by the United States Senate to sit on our hands and do nothing while kids die.
Chris Murphy: “This only happens in the United States of America. There’s no other nation in the high-income world in which kids worry…”
On the recordDecember 3, 2021
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Senator Chris Murphy discusses the unique issue of school shootings in the U.S. and criticizes the Senate for inaction on gun safety legislation.
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