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Chris Murphy: “Ted Cruz is really good at yelling. He's not good at telling the truth. And the truth is that states with stronger gun…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2021
Ted Cruz is really good at yelling. He's not good at telling the truth. And the truth is that states with stronger gun laws have lower rates of gun violence, communities with higher rates of gun ownership have higher rates of gun violence.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy rebutted Cruz's claims by highlighting the correlation between gun laws and gun violence rates.

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