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Article: Brady Campaign President Responds to Virginia Tech Internal Review
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- U.S. Newswire
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- August 22, 2007
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence,
+1-202-898-0792
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paul Helmke,
President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the
following statement:
The Virginia Tech internal reviews issued today represent a lot of
detailed and thorough work, and I commend those involved for their
efforts.
We need to remember, however, that the Virginia Tech killer was
able to murder 32 people quickly because our weak gun laws allowed
him to buy high-powered weapons despite his record of adjudication of
dangerous mental illness. Next Tuesday, on the anniversary of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.s 1963 March ...