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Gun violence strikes Congress
A Congressman is gunned down during baseball practice along with three other people — just one of more than 150 mass shootings this year. Will bullets striking so close to home change anything on Capitol Hill? We get some answers
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: Jack Barton, the young son of Rep. Joe Barton, manager of the Republican Congressional Baseball team, listens as his father speaks about the shooting that they were both present for in Alexandria, Virginia while addressing the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 14, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters)
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