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Richard Blumenthal: “Assault weapons were designed to kill people, were they not?”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
Assault weapons were designed to kill people, were they not?
Said by
Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal questions the purpose of assault weapons in light of gun violence.

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