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Gun Control & RKBA

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SecularMotion

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Fri Nov 13, 2015, 05:54 AM Nov 2015

Wasserman Schultz' gun control appeal rouses Democrats [View all]

BAY LAKE -- In revving up Florida Democrats gathered at Walt Disney World for their annual convention this weekend, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made an impassioned appeal for the party to push for gun control.

Wasserman Schultz, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, spoke on most of Democratic causes on the second day of the Florida Democratic Party’s convention at Walt Disney World’s Yacht and Beach Club conference center.

But her statements to tie widespread gun ownership to mass shootings, and to 30,000 gun deaths a year, most of them among African Americans, brought more applause than all other issues.

“Democrats! We must close the gun show loophole! Democrats! We must require background checks for all gun purchases!” Wasserman Schultz, of Weston, demanded. “We can’t sit idly by and allow thousands and thousands of lives to be mowed down!”

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-wasserman-schultz-democrats-rail-for-gun-control-20151031-post.html
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