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Eugene DePasquale: “I think, to be blunt, there are too many people with mental…”

Featuring: Eugene DePasquale, Former Candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney General

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Debate: Democrat Eugene DePasquale faces off against Republican Dav...

Published | Video Starts at 10:03

My kids are older now. But we've both probably experienced as parents who what happens with social media and what that does to these kids, trying to create a culture of violence. I think, to be blunt, there are too many people with mental health challenges that have access to firearms. We need to make sure that we have red flag laws in Pennsylvania so that people that are prone to violence have limited access to firearms. (10:03–10:10)

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Asserts that individuals with mental health challenges have too much access to firearms.

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