Gun Control Proponents Demand Action After Mass Shootings
Clip: 8/6/2019 | 12m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
We debate state gun reform measures with state Rep. Kathleen Willis and Dickson Amoah.
After a weekend of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, as well as dozens of people shot in Chicago -- seven fatally -- gun control proponents are once again demanding action. We debate state gun reform measures with state Rep. Kathleen Willis and Dickson Amoah, Illinois director of the National African American Gun Association.
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Gun Control Proponents Demand Action After Mass Shootings
Clip: 8/6/2019 | 12m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
After a weekend of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, as well as dozens of people shot in Chicago -- seven fatally -- gun control proponents are once again demanding action. We debate state gun reform measures with state Rep. Kathleen Willis and Dickson Amoah, Illinois director of the National African American Gun Association.
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