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Elissa Slotkin: “I grew up with guns. Right. I grew up my family farm, like I…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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A Book Never Shot Anyone (with Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Cara Erskine)

Published | Video Starts at 32:47

… their kids off to school, I challenge anyone to go into that situation and come out an unchanged person. Yeah. And so it became a passion project for me. And I grew up with guns. Right. I grew up my family farm, like I said, carried a Glock and an m four in three tours in Iraq. I'm not a, you know, anti second Amendment person. Yeah. But there is this totally and utterly fake contradiction, or, you know, this fake choice. Excuse me? Yeah. (32:47–32:54)

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Asserts that she grew up with guns and carried a Glock and an M4 during her three tours in Iraq.

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