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Minnesota Doctors Call for ban on Assault Weapons

The largest physicians' organization in Minnesota is calling for a ban on assault weapons.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The largest physicians’ organization in Minnesota is calling for a ban on assault weapons and more research on gun violence in the wake of the Florida high school shooting. Leaders of the Minnesota Medical Association say it’s time that gun violence becomes a public health issue. In a statement Thursday, the group says “failure to intervene in…