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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on October 13, 2011 a radio interview on WBGO’s “Newark Today”
Says "if you are shot in the city of Newark, you have over an 80 percent chance that you've been arrested before an average of 10 times."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 24, 2011
Kim Thatcher
Kim Thatcher
stated on March 17, 2011 a House floor session
Oregon concealed gun applications include "home phone numbers, home address, Social Security numbers, what kinds of guns you have in the house … whether you were dishonorably discharged from the military, what controlled substances you are taking and  were you ever accused of -- accused, mind you -- of stalking."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • March 26, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on CNN
Says Texas colleges and universities may opt to allow guns on campuses.
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March 17, 2011
Marion Hammer
Marion Hammer
stated on February 22, 2011 comments before a state Senate committee.
The American Academy of Pediatrics "supports banning guns."
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By Aaron Sharockman • March 14, 2011
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on February 13, 2011 a comic strip
Since Sept. 11, 2001, "270,000 Americans were killed by gunfire at home."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2011
Suzanne Devlin
Suzanne Devlin
stated on January 19, 2011 a letter to the editor
The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
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By Janie Har • January 29, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on January 16, 2011 a fact-sheet.
More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida.  
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By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 11, 2011 an MSNBC interview
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
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By Stephen Koff • January 20, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on January 11, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2011
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on October 18, 2010 an interview
Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 9, 2010
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 19, 2010 a campaign radio advertisement
 Says "John Loughlin voted to let people accused of domestic violence keep their guns."
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By Cynthia Needham • October 24, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on October 15, 2010 a campaign ad
"Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2010
Log Cabin Republicans
Log Cabin Republicans
stated on October 4, 2007
"Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 24, 2007
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