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On the recordMay 19, 2021
We lose 30,000 Americans every single year to senseless gun violence, including 23,000 Americans that die by suicide every year with a gun.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline emphasizes the high number of gun-related deaths in America.

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