
I think one of the easiest things we can do, to begin to do something, is to say, 'You got to be 21, to buy a rifle, in this country.'
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I think one of the easiest things we can do, to begin to do something, is to say, 'You got to be 21, to buy a rifle, in this country.'

It's the power - yes, it's the power of how angry people get.

And I say this, to Second Amendment supporters, like I am. We have to be the ones putting forward solutions, for responsible gun ownerships.

But there are a number of things we can do on the gun side that I think 90 percent of Americans agree on.

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