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Jamie Raskin: “66 percent of the people want to ban military style assault weapons.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2018
66 percent of the people want to ban military style assault weapons.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin cites statistics on public support for banning assault weapons post-Parkland.

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