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Angie Craig: I do not apologize for the fact that I am an active member of the National Rifle Association, and I believe in trigger…

On the recordJuly 21, 1998
I do not apologize for the fact that I am an active member of the National Rifle Association, and I believe in trigger locks. I agree with the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from California that trigger locks ought to be employed in the storage of a gun for safekeeping reasons, but I do not believe trigger locks ought to be used on loaded guns. The gun that killed the child that the Senator from California so dramatically spoke of was a loaded gun, and therein lies the difference. No FBI agent, no Federal agent of law enforcement in our country or State or local law enforcement agent with proper firearm training ever puts a trigger lock on a loaded gun. Why? Because the manufacturer says don't do it.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing gun safety and the use of trigger locks during Senate debate.

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