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On the recordJuly 5, 2016
If we ban a suspected terrorist from boarding a plane, why in the world would we let him walk across the street into a gun store and stock up on military-style assault weapons within 72 hours?
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings questions the logic of allowing suspected terrorists to buy guns.

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