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Dick Durbin: “But the gun lobby pushed to change Florida's law so people could shoot someone who threatened them without first trying…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
But the gun lobby pushed to change Florida's law so people could shoot someone who threatened them without first trying to avoid a confrontation.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticizes the gun lobby's influence on self-defense laws.

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