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At One Rhode Island Precinct, A Whopping Zero-Percent Voter Turnout

Bill Gnade

It may be a small precinct but it was still apparently too large to draw a single voter to its Providence polling place. Not one.

From an Associated Press dispatch posted on NBC 10 (WJAR): "Rhode Island elections officials say one polling place in Providence did not see a single voter during the midterm elections earlier this week."

‘Angry White Men’ Need To Be Kept From Guns, Activist Says
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‘Angry White Men’ Need To Be Kept From Guns, Activist Says

NBP Staff

A mass-shooting at a bar in California by a U.S. Marine combat veteran Wednesday night shows the need for more gun control, an activist said.

"It is a uniquely American problem and Congress is to blame. Every other developed Country has angry white men and mentally ill people but no other country arms them with easily concealed handguns and military style assault weapons without regulations and detection by law enforcement," said John Rosenthal, founder and chairman of Stop Handgun Violence, based in Beverly, Massachusetts, in a press release Thursday. "While the shooter's motives are still unclear, one thing is blatantly obvious:  The time for action is now."

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