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Eleanor Holmes Norton: So you would, if we passed a whole new gun law in the District of Columbia, so new that it said, 'You don't have any…

On the recordApril 2, 2009
So you would, if we passed a whole new gun law in the District of Columbia, so new that it said, 'You don't have any more gun laws in the District of Columbia,' would you have to retrain every officer?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton inquires about the implications of new gun laws on officer training.

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