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On the recordMay 4, 2010
This is an extraordinarily limited law that is being proposed by Congressman King and others to say that somebody who is a suspected terrorist cannot buy a gun.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman defends a proposed law restricting gun purchases for suspected terrorists.

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