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Harold Volkmer: I just heard the most idiotic statement I have ever heard here. I really have. None of us had anything to do with this…

On the recordMarch 22, 1996
I just heard the most idiotic statement I have ever heard here. I really have. None of us had anything to do with this list. It was the proponents. There, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer] and the gentlewoman in the Senate, the gentlewoman from California, made up this list, nobody else. They did not have to have a list. They could have had every semiautomatic and tried to ban it. They would not have succeeded.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the creation of a list related to gun control legislation.

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