On the recordMarch 9, 2011
If you put every single Muslim in the U.S. in jail, it wouldn't have stopped Jared Loughner . . . It wouldn't have stopped the young man who killed his classmates at Virginia Tech.
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congress.govKeith Ellison: “If you put every single Muslim in the U.S. in jail, it wouldn't have stopped Jared Loughner . . . It wouldn't have…”
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Ellison argues that imprisoning Muslims wouldn't prevent various acts of violence by individuals from different backgrounds.
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