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PA State House Rejects Gun-Control Measures, Despite Amish Shooting

There are roughly 17,000 murders in the US every year, 15,000 of which are committed with firearms. Recent school shootings have led to new calls for gun control.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

There are roughly 17,000 murders in the US every year, 15,000 of which are committed with firearms. Recent school shootings have led to new calls for gun control. Yet, despite Charles Carl Roberts killing of five children at the Amish schoolhouse near Lancaster, on Tuesday--50 miles away in Harrisburg--the Pennsylvania state legislature rejected took up a host of gun-control measures.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Vanessa Romo
LA School Report
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Managing Producer, Greater LA
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Amy Worden
Staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer

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PA State House Rejects Gun-Control Measures, Despite Amish Shooting

There are roughly 17,000 murders in the US every year, 15,000 of which are committed with firearms. Recent school shootings have led to new calls for gun control.

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PA State House Rejects Gun-Control Measures, Despite Amish Shooting

There are roughly 17,000 murders in the US every year, 15,000 of which are committed with firearms. Recent school shootings have led to new calls for gun control.

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