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On the recordMay 28, 2014
This is a very serious issue where individuals are placed on the terror watch list because they are dangerous and they have been identified as terrorists and they have the ability to go in and buy a gun or buy explosives. That is unimaginable to most Americans.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline emphasizes the danger of allowing terror watch list individuals to purchase firearms.

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