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Missy Cotter Smasal: “We need to keep guns out of dangerous hands and we need to…”

Featuring: Missy Cotter Smasal, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Virginia, District 2

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Virginia Election 2019: State Senate candidate Missy Cotter Smasal (D-VA 8)

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

We got 2,500 people to sign it, and it felt good to do something for student and teacher safety, but I really wanted to tackle more complacency at the state Senate level because I know We need to keep guns out of dangerous hands and we need to start funding our school. And so you came up with the idea of State Senate of Virginia because you wouldn't be doing it if you were perfectly satisfied with the person that's in there now. (00:26–00:31)

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Asserts the need for gun control and increased school funding.

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