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Lucy McBath: “These laws empowered his prejudiced beliefs and subsequent rage over my son’s own life, his liberty and pursuit of…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
These laws empowered his prejudiced beliefs and subsequent rage over my son’s own life, his liberty and pursuit of happiness.
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Lucy McBath
Democratic · Georgia

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McBath links gun laws to the violence that affected her son.

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