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A gunman killed five people and injured at least eight more at a bank in downtown Louisville on Monday. A law says the rifle used in the shooting will go back into circulation — something the city's mayor says is absurd and dangerous.

 Democratic Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg. 

 This isn't Greenberg's first encounter with gun violence, nor is he the first public figure to have a personal tie to a mass shooting. 

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A Kentucky law would force authorities to send the assault rifle used in the attack to auction, over the objections of the Louisville mayor who is pushing for change.

An 'absurd' law will put the Louisville shooter's gun back on sale, mayor says

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