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Jacob Frey: “Red flag laws are important, but they don't go far enough.”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls for action after school shooting: "This shouldn't be normalized."

Published | Video Starts at 01:55

They've been powerful and very passionate in the aftermath here. What kind of action do you want to see? So this doesn't happen as regularly as it does right now in America. Red flag laws are important, but they don't go far enough. Assault weapons bans, I mean, right now we have more guns in America than we have people. That's a problem. (01:55–01:59)

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Asserts that red flag laws are insufficient in addressing gun violence.

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