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Lindsey Graham: “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…”

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
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Editor's note · Context

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

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