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Eleanor Holmes Norton: You are not at liberty to tell the people of the District of Columbia who have to live with the carnage how to approach…

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
You are not at liberty to tell the people of the District of Columbia who have to live with the carnage how to approach it.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton asserts that Congress should not dictate D.C.'s gun control measures.

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