Hillary Clinton: Assault Weapons Ban ‘Should Be Reinstated’ after Orlando Attack

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Hillary Clinton called to reauthorize an assault weapons ban Monday following Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando.

“I think we’ve got to get back to commonsense safety reform, and we can’t fall into the trap that was set up by the gun lobby that says if you can’t stop every shooting and every incident, you should not try to stop any,” Clinton told CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “We did have an assault weapons ban for 10 years, and I think it should be reinstated.”

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