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Mike Crapo: “This legislation only allows that the possession of firearms in those places that are open to the public and…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
This legislation only allows that the possession of firearms in those places that are open to the public and specifically exempts the Federal facilities that I think Senator Whitehouse was talking about.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo explains the limitations of the firearm legislation regarding public lands.

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