GOP senator says ‘fundamental cultural problems’ behind mass shootings

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Republican Ohio Sen. Rob Portman asserted that “no law” can fix the fundamental mental and spiritual problems that lead people to murder.

During a Sunday press conference about the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were killed and 27 injured, Portman urged Americans to look for the deeper reasons why life is increasingly not valued.

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