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On the recordJune 14, 2016
No one outside of our military who are trained to use these weapons needs to have access to a weapon that can fire hundreds of bullets in a minute, hundreds of bullets in a minute.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Senator Gillibrand emphasizes the need for stricter gun control laws to prevent access to high-capacity firearms.

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