US Congress Weighs Ways to Prevent Mass Shootings

 

VOANews: US Congress Weighs Ways to Prevent Mass Shootings

U.S. lawmakers will vote Thursday on whether to impose stricter background checks on gun sales after the second-worst mass school shooting in the nation's history earlier this week. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports.

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