I think it is important that people understand what a difference it makes when somebody undertakes to commit one of these terrible crimes and they have the additional capacity for evil and for harm as a result of the additional capacity in those magazines.
On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
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Whitehouse highlights the dangers of high-capacity magazines in mass shootings.
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