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Val Demings: “I am sick and tired of watching sons and daughters, and husbands and wives, and mothers and fathers die through gun…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
I am sick and tired of watching sons and daughters, and husbands and wives, and mothers and fathers die through gun violence by someone with a gun who should have never had a gun in their possession in the first place.
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Val Demings
Democratic · Florida

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Demings expresses frustration over gun violence and the failure to prevent it.

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