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Bill Clinton: “I have always been convinced that we had to have the proper balance of punishment and prevention.”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2000
I have always been convinced that we had to have the proper balance of punishment and prevention.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the National Firearms Enforcement Initiative in Boston

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