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Peter Deutsch: there are pictures now, there are 19 specific weapons that are restricted by the existing legislation. What I want…

On the recordMarch 22, 1996
there are pictures now, there are 19 specific weapons that are restricted by the existing legislation. What I want people in this Chamber and I want people who are watching on TV to look at, which of these guns are used for hunting, maybe it is the Steyr Aug., which is one of the weapons. You can take a look at it for yourself. Is that a weapon used for hunting? Maybe it is the Fabrique Nationale, which is another one. Maybe that is a weapon used for hunting. Maybe it is the Tec-9 or the AK-47 or the Uzi or the Street Sweeper. You know, sometimes, I mean, look for yourself, America, this is what we are talking about today. This is what we are talking about today. These are not weapons that people use for hunting. In fact, if you use one of these weapons for hunting, you could not eat the animal because the animal would not exist anymore. Who uses these weapons? Drug dealers, terrorists, the scum of our society. That is who my Republican colleagues are protecting today.
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Peter Deutsch
Florida

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Discussing the types of weapons restricted by existing legislation and their use.

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