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Barack Obama: I, like most Americans, believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms, but I also…

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
I, like most Americans, believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms, but I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hand of criminals.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the balance between the right to bear arms and the regulation of certain firearms.

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