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On the recordJune 9, 2022
Do we not hear the cries of the fourth grader in Uvalde who said, ``All of my friends are dead''? Would you like to do something about gun slaughter in this country? Then join us. One commonsense way we can do this is by passing my friend and colleague, Congresswoman McBath's, Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, red flag laws. We know that in 46 percent of shootings, the attacker expressed interest in harming others. There was a cry for help, a warning. Someone knew that violence could erupt. Someone had the ability to intervene. We have a responsibility to intervene. Representative McBath's bill would do just that, intervene when someone is a risk to themselves or others. We do not have to live this way. Fearful for our children at school, at movies, the grocery store, or the TLA on South Street in Philadelphia. We do not have to live this way, and we don't want to: 79 percent of Americans support red flag laws and 67 percent of gun owners. Stop sentencing our children to having to lament that all of their friends are dead. {time} 1000
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Howard Dean
Democratic · Vermont

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