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In gun debate, some Democrats are letting politics turn too personal

Even before Saturday's mass shooting at a California synagogue added a new mind-numbing tragedy to the gun safety debate, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have been showing a historically high level of agreement about what needs to be done.

Yet, while that new unanimity leaves little for the candidates to debate on gun safety, some restless souls in the party's progressive wing have produced new litmus tests, not only about candidates' public positions on guns but their private

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