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On the recordDecember 12, 2011
I say I'm very sorry that this nation, which should be limiting the numbers of assault weapons possessed by wrongdoers, does not do its job, and as a result 40,000-plus people are dead.
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Don Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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Johnson expresses regret over the failure to limit assault weapons, linking it to the deaths of many individuals.

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