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On the recordDecember 20, 2012
If the assault weapons ban had been in place, Anderson, I fundamentally believe, I know a lot of parents in Newtown believe that there would be kids getting their Christmas presents this Christmas.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy asserts that stricter gun laws could have prevented the tragedy.

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