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“Our national and state leaders of both political parties have chosen to accept this level of violence … rather than engage in a serious discussion about how to reduce it.”
– Constable and gun control advocate Bruce Elfant, on the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo.
This article appears in July 27 • 2012.
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