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Ayanna Pressley: “It is long past time to treat gun violence as the public health crisis that it is.”

On the recordJune 7, 2022
It is long past time to treat gun violence as the public health crisis that it is.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley calls for urgent action against gun violence as a public health issue.

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