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On the recordJanuary 23, 2013
Not one, Anderson. You know, the dynamic here is that there are more than half a dozen Democrats from those red states up for re-election next year, and they really feel that this is something that they don't want to touch with a 10-foot pole.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Dianne Feinstein discusses the reluctance of red state Democrats to support gun control legislation.

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