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Ayanna Pressley: “If someone shot and killed your child, you would not be sitting here wanting to hear about my constitutional right to…”

On the recordJune 7, 2022
If someone shot and killed your child, you would not be sitting here wanting to hear about my constitutional right to own a gun.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley emphasizes the emotional impact of gun violence on families.

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