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Val Demings: “My colleagues on the other side of the aisle can't tell me a doggone thing about rights because, you know what? I can't…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
My colleagues on the other side of the aisle can't tell me a doggone thing about rights because, you know what? I can't help but think about the rights of the victims who died at the hands of someone with a gun who should have never had a gun in the first place.
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Val Demings
Democratic · Florida

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Demings argues that victims' rights should take precedence over gun rights.

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