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Grassley Warns Against Turning South Carolina Shootings Into Gun-Control Push

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BuzzFeed - "For now, our focus should be on the victims' families, Charleston and South Carolina and helping them through this tragedy," the powerful chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee tells BuzzFeed News. Drew Angerer / Getty WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley Thursday warned against turning the attack on a South Carolina church that left nine people dead into a politicized push for gun control, arguing there is "ample time" to address the issue in the future. In response to President Obama's call for new gun control legislation, Grassley, whose committee has jurisdiction over gun control issues, told BuzzFeed News that this is not a time for political fights over guns. "The Bill of Rights is a core set of liberties and freedoms, none greater than the other, but all of importance in their own right … but nobody wants to see gun violence in our society," Grassley said. "The question remains how

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