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Bob Barr: “The devil is the person with a gun in his hand who murders anybody in this country. That is the devil. That is the…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1996
The devil is the person with a gun in his hand who murders anybody in this country. That is the devil. That is the person to which this legislation today is aimed. It is the devil in Scotland who murdered 16 children and their teacher in a country that bans virtually every type of weapon, every type of handgun. That is no guarantee of anything. We must have this legislation to protect against exactly what the gentleman from Massachusetts is talking about.
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Bob Barr
Georgia
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Discussing gun violence and legislation in response to a previous speaker's comments.

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