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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The District of Columbia barred guns in light of carnage over the decades. Those laws had been found to be…

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
The District of Columbia barred guns in light of carnage over the decades. Those laws had been found to be constitutional.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton defends D.C. gun laws as constitutional despite challenges.

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