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Connecticut Senators Advocate Gun Control on Newtown Anniversary

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3 years after the school shooting in Newtown Connecticut, Political leaders are calling for concerted action to combat gun violence in the US. Connecticut's senators remembered the massacre that left 20 children and six teachers killed. In a statement on Monday, Senator Chris Murphy reaffirmed his commitment to make his country safer on the anniversary of that "soul crushing december morning. The senator's calls for gun control coincide with The White House's plan to bypass Congress, where similar efforts have failed to reign in gun violence.

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