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Claire McCaskill: And the irony is we are so quick to call Boston 'terror.' Why aren't we calling the man with the high-capacity assault…

On the recordApril 16, 2013
And the irony is we are so quick to call Boston 'terror.' Why aren't we calling the man with the high-capacity assault weapon and the high-capacity magazine, why aren't we calling him a 'terrorist'?
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill questions the labeling of perpetrators in mass violence incidents.

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