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Joe Biden: “The idea we still allow semi automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Sick. It has no, no social redeeming value.…”

On the recordNovember 26, 2022
The idea we still allow semi automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Sick. It has no, no social redeeming value. None. Not a single solitary rationale for it.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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President Biden criticizes the allowance of semi-automatic weapons in the U.S.

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