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Summer Lee: Assault weapons account for 430, or 85 percent of the total 501 mass shooting fatalities.

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
Assault weapons account for 430, or 85 percent of the total 501 mass shooting fatalities.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee emphasizes the high fatality rate linked to assault weapons in mass shootings.

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