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On the recordApril 12, 2012
Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts. They're instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney's past statement on banning assault weapons while he was Governor of Massachusetts.

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