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