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On the recordApril 7, 2014
I think we have a gun violence problem. In fact, in America 5 percent of the world's population, 50 percent of the world's guns, more than 14,000 American who died as a result of gun violence since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries highlighted the severity of gun violence in America.

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