Derrick Van Orden: “It is nearly impossible to legislate the healing of a man's…”

“It is very easy to legislate the removal of an inanimate object. I've been carrying weapons my entire adult life, and it's very easy to legislate removing that. It is nearly impossible to legislate the healing of a man's soul. And that's the core issue here. It's not the weapon. It's the Soul of the person that's been injured by combat. And I have multiple combat tours. So.” (05:13–05:18)

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