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On the recordJune 6, 2017
As tragic as the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is, the deaths of so many other people, not citizens of the United States, as a result of having access to firearms provided by an agency of the United States, the fact that that is not bigger news, that that is not a scandal is stunning.
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Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

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Palmer highlights the overlooked deaths caused by U.S. firearms trafficking.

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