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On the recordJuly 26, 2022
My colleague on the other side used a term that I hear frequently when we start talking about gun violence in America, and he said, 'my God-given right.'
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

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Lawrence references the common argument of gun rights in discussions about gun violence.

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