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Chris Murphy: “What we know is that more weapons don't equal less crime.”

On the recordApril 2, 2023
What we know is that more weapons don't equal less crime.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Responding to calls for armed teachers in schools.

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