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State Rep. Jim Lucas defends showing handgun to students, says episode ‘blown out of proportion’
Young gun safety advocates clashed with an avowed gun-rights lawmaker on Tuesday in a 10-minute exchange at the Indiana Statehouse that featured a brief flash of a holstered handgun.