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Mass shootings reignite gun law debate

10/08/2019 GMT

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President Trump tells media that new gun laws could pass in Congress

President Trump tells media that new gun laws could pass in Congress.

This week’s mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, have pushed the issue of gun control back to the top of discourse in the United States. President Trump has added his view by stating on Friday that gun laws could pass in Congress.

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(Picture: Attendees are pictured during the El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization's assembly at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church to help the community discuss their feelings in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas on 8th August 2019 Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images)

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