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On the recordJanuary 9, 2013
I think we should look at all these things, but again I would just suggest to you that in fact almost none of the killings in Chicago, the deadliest place in America, almost none of those killings involved any kind of exotic weapon.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich discusses the nature of gun violence in Chicago and the types of weapons involved.

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