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Patrick Leahy: “We also have the lowest crime rate in the country. Maybe it is because they figure that everybody is armed.”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2003
We also have the lowest crime rate in the country. Maybe it is because they figure that everybody is armed.
Said by
Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Jan 29, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Linking gun ownership to crime rates in Vermont.

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