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Harold Volkmer: Under this bill, Mr. Chairman, after that informant had told that agent that information, he could have gone down there…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
Under this bill, Mr. Chairman, after that informant had told that agent that information, he could have gone down there and took guns without a search warrant. For that reason, I say if you want to protect your gun owners from these rogue people, I would say Members had better vote for this. This will be the last chance, the only chance Members as gun owners, people protecting gun owners, will have the right to do that.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to gun ownership and search warrants.

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