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On the recordDecember 12, 2011
Do you really need somebody to tell you in court that that is a crime, and do you really need the possibility of somebody going, oh, you mean I wasn't supposed to kill him? Oh, I am sorry, my bad. I didn't know there was a law against killing somebody.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Gohmert expresses skepticism about the necessity of clear laws for obvious crimes.

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