Andletmealsosaythatin 1988 I probablylost a raceforCongressandweonlyhaveoneCongresspersoninthewholestatebecausein 1988 I saidthatweshouldbanthesaleanddistributionofassaultweaponsinthiscountry.
Thatwas 30 yearsago.
Furthermore, furthermore, I amveryproud.
Buttoday I have a D minusvotingrecordforfromthe N.
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Andonthemyadministration.
ItwillbetheAmericanpeopledoinggunpolicynotdictatedbytheGeneral. 00:00:57.860 --> 00:01:4.360 Buttoansweryourquestion, I comelikenoHampshirefrom a very, veryruralstateinVermont. 00:01:4.950 --> 00:01:10.170 Untilthelasttwoyearsago, wehadvirtuallynoguncontrollegislation.
HevotedtogivethegunmanufacturerstheonlymajorindustryinAmericaoutof a a loopholethatdoesnotallowthemtobesuedforthecarnage.
Theyarecreated.
Firstthing I'lldoispresident's work.
Togetridofthatisgoingtobehard.
Thinkofallthethousandsandthousandsofpeoplewhodiedand I mightadd, Burnitwhileyouwererepresentingyourconstituencyonawfullotofpeopleinthatgunstateandtheycomearound.
Becauseoftheavailabilityofguns, itisalsoabouttheincreasedchancesthatit's usually a womanwilldieofdomesticviolenceifsheiswith a violentmanandgunsinthehome.