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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Chris Murphy: Republicans ‘don’t give a crap’ about children or gun violence

Murphy: ‘Republicans who claim to care about the health of our kids don’t seem to give a crap about … cataclysmic rates of gun violence.’
Murphy: ‘Republicans who claim to care about the health of our kids don’t seem to give a crap about … cataclysmic rates of gun violence.’ Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

A Democratic US senator at the forefront of a push to enact new gun control measures has said Republicans “don’t give a crap” about children or gun violence.

Connecticut’s Chris Murphy – who has been a leading force for Democrat gun control efforts since the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting killed 26 people in his state, 20 of them children – made the comment in a wide-ranging interview with Salon that was published on Tuesday.

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