Cory Booker: “Only one shooting in my city in all the years I was mayor…”

“I feel the sense of urgency and I wanted to solve problems, not simply moralize about them. And found out that Only one shooting in my city in all the years I was mayor was done by somebody who bought a gun legally. And I know aks and other automatic weapons, which I have strong feelings on, but the handguns that flow into communities like mine.” (39:39–39:44)

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