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Elissa Slotkin: “Number one killer of children under 21 in America is gun…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Battle for the Senate: A Conversation with Michigan Candidate & Current Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin

Published | Video Starts at 32:19

And we're in Michigan here, so we always want to make more things here, especially critical items, and then protecting our kids from the things that are truly harming them. And I say truly because I mean truly, what is truly harming our kids? Number one killer of children under 21 in America is gun violence. Right? In our communities, in our schools, by suicide and by accident. And I say this as someone who grew up with guns, who, thank God, carried a Glock and an m four in three tours in Iraq. (32:19–32:24)

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Asserts that gun violence is the leading cause of death for Americans under 21.

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