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On the recordJune 27, 2026
The gun lobby has a habit of arguing that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The gun lobby says the answer to gun violence is more guns. Well, we proved that if you pass legislation that just makes it a little bit harder for the wrong people to get their hands on weapons, people who have serious criminal convictions, people who are mentally ill, you make it a little bit easier for prosecutors to go after the gun traffickers.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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Critique of gun lobby arguments

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