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Eugene DePasquale: “I support red flag laws.”

Featuring: Eugene DePasquale, Former Candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney General

PA Press Club with Eugene DePasquale (8/19/2024)

Published August 19, 2024 | Video Starts at 23:45

I do believe that we need to crack down on ghost guns. I think the governor, when he was Attorney General, did a great job on that. I support red flag laws. Two thirds of all firearm deaths in Pennsylvania are the result of suicide. Two thirds. The big shootings get a lot of press and I get it. (23:45–23:48)

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