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Arne Duncan: “We have to get the guns off the streets. We have to put people behind bars who have guns and shouldn't have them. It…”

On the recordMay 31, 2007
We have to get the guns off the streets. We have to put people behind bars who have guns and shouldn't have them. It should be an automatic felony.
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Arne Duncan

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Duncan advocates for stricter gun control measures to reduce violence in Chicago.

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