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Angus King: “But if someone says: Well, if that is such a small number, why are we bothering? Because it only takes one to kill a…”

On the recordJune 15, 2016
But if someone says: Well, if that is such a small number, why are we bothering? Because it only takes one to kill a number of people.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine
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Jun 15, 2016

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