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Barack Obama: This war is being waged with guns purchased not here, but in the United States.

On the recordApril 15, 2009
This war is being waged with guns purchased not here, but in the United States.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama highlights the role of U.S. gun purchases in fueling the drug war in Mexico.

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