Upper Valley residents meet over gun control laws

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HANOVER, N.H. -

A group of Upper Valley residents is urging New Hampshire lawmakers to push for stricter gun control laws.

About 70 people met in Hanover over the weekend for a forum to discuss ways people could push help state lawmakers who support stricter gun laws

Five Democratic lawmakers attended. Representative Laurie Harding of Lebanon says there's a deep ideological divide between the two parties on gun control.

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