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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper is meeting with survivors of a racist massacre at a historically black church during a campaign trip to South Carolina.
Hickenlooper's campaign says the former Colorado governor is scheduled to have dinner and a roundtable discussion Saturday with survivors of the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME.
Nine parishioners were slain as they prayed during Bible study at the church. The shooter, a white man who said he hoped the killings would start a race war, is on federal death row.
Hickenlooper is known as a staunch advocate for gun control legislation. Following the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, the then-governor called for and signed bills requiring universal background checks and limiting magazine capacity to 15 rounds.
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