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Lucy McBath: “I, too, am a gun violence survivor. That is the reason why I sit here today before you, because I know how important it…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2022
I, too, am a gun violence survivor. That is the reason why I sit here today before you, because I know how important it is that we change the entire culture that every community in this country is suffering under with the extremism of gun violence in America.
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Lucy McBath
Democratic · Georgia

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McBath shares her personal experience with gun violence and calls for cultural change.

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