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Ed Markey: “Do you agree that ISIS recruits would probably avoid buying guns online or at gun shows if they could print them at home…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
Do you agree that ISIS recruits would probably avoid buying guns online or at gun shows if they could print them at home instead?
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions the implications of allowing 3D-printed guns for ISIS recruitment strategies.

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