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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I was very adamant, as was the Council and the Mayor, in saying, now, look, we accept what the Supreme Court has done.”

On the recordApril 2, 2009
I was very adamant, as was the Council and the Mayor, in saying, now, look, we accept what the Supreme Court has done.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton acknowledges acceptance of the Supreme Court's ruling on gun rights.

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