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On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
if you have 76,000 people fail a background check and only 13 people plead guilty, I am not so sure we are sending the right signal to our citizens at large that we are really serious about you trying to get a gun illegally.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Senator Graham questions the effectiveness of background checks given the low conviction rate.

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