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Brady Campaign Praises Education Secretary Nominee, Principled Believer in Common-Sense Limits on Possession of Firearms
December 17, 2008When the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence invited Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to accept its annual Abraham Lincoln Award in October, Duncan turned it down, saying "I don't think I deserve it," with school shootings in Chicago on the rise. "'At this rate we could lose 60 or 80 children this year,' Duncan said.At this rate, CPS could double last year's 35 student deaths, he said. 'Whole classrooms' of kids are dying each year," chronicled the "Gun Guys" newsletter blog. Full release.