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On the recordApril 2, 2009
How would you handle bus travel? Do bus drivers assume any responsibility--they are not law enforcement officers--for people carrying weapons?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the responsibilities of bus drivers regarding passengers with weapons.

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