CNN The Situation Room April 17, 2013 21:47:00
Elections. they worry that the gun lobby would spend a lot of money and paint them as antisecond amendment. and obviously a lot of republicans had that fear but democrats had that fear, too. and so they caved to the pressure. and they started looking for an excuse, any excuse to vote no. one common argument i heard was this legislation wouldn't prevent all future massacres. that's true. as i said from the start, no single piece of legislation can stop every act of violence and evil. we learned that tragically just two days ago. but if action by congress could have saved one person, one child, ...
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