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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 24, 2012
In 2010, we had 700 kids get shot in 1 year.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois
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Highlighting the alarming gun violence statistics affecting children in Chicago.

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