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On the recordJanuary 10, 2024
In 2024, in the U.S., there have already been 1,137 gun violence-related deaths and seven mass shootings.
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Hillary Scholten
Democratic · Michigan

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Scholten highlights the alarming statistics of gun violence in the early days of 2024.

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