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Richard Blumenthal: “No city can stop gun violence alone because our city borders are porous to illegal trafficking.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
No city can stop gun violence alone because our city borders are porous to illegal trafficking.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for national standards to combat gun trafficking.

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