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Jerry Nadler: By allowing killers to rapidly and repeatedly fire bullets at their human targets without stopping to reload, assault…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
By allowing killers to rapidly and repeatedly fire bullets at their human targets without stopping to reload, assault weapons are designed for maximum bloodshed.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler argues that assault weapons facilitate mass shootings.

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