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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eric Garcia

Kentucky GOP congressman calls for ending gun-free school zones in response to Uvalde

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Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky has called on Congress to repeal a law that prevents guns from being carried in schools, in response to the recent spate of mass shootings.

Mr Massie made his remarks during a markup in the House Judiciary Committee of numerous pieces of gun legislation that House Democrats have proposed after mass shootings like those in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas and now Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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