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Thomas Foley: “Guns do not kill the people, it is who is behind the trigger that kills the person. We keep trying to blame inanimate…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1996
Guns do not kill the people, it is who is behind the trigger that kills the person. We keep trying to blame inanimate objects for crime. A serious problem in America, child abuse, physical and sexual abuse is going on; not created by a weapon; destruction of our children nonetheless. Let us work together in this Chamber to stop crimes, get after the perpetrators, bring swift justice, quit death row appeals time and time again, Wayne Gacey, 20 years, $5 million of appeals, on death row, killed 33 young people. Not with a machine gun, not with a knife, he killed 30 young men. $5 million on death row appeals.
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Thomas Foley
Washington

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Addressing gun control and crime during a debate on a Democratic-sponsored bill.

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