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Patrick Leahy: “We have statistics that show women in this country are killed at an alarming rate by domestic abusers with guns.”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2013
We have statistics that show women in this country are killed at an alarming rate by domestic abusers with guns.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the danger domestic abusers pose to women with access to firearms.

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