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Daniel E. Lungren: “I have got to deal with people in my district who are law-abiding citizens who believe in the Second Amendment who say…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
I have got to deal with people in my district who are law-abiding citizens who believe in the Second Amendment who say to me look, the Feds are overreaching all over the place, and here you got a situation where they screwed up.
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Daniel E. Lungren
California

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Lungren expresses frustration over federal overreach and consequences of a gun operation.

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