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Jeanine Pirro: “I can't touch you if you're 14, 15, 16, 17 years old and you…”

Featuring: Jeanine Pirro, Republican | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | National

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Published | Video Starts at 35:26

They. They don't care where they are. They can be in Dupont Circle, but they know that we can't touch them. Why? Because the laws are weak. I can't touch you if you're 14, 15, 16, 17 years old and you have a gun. I convict someone of shooting another person with an illegal gun on a public bus in the chest, intent to kill. I convict him. And you know what? (35:26–35:33)

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Asserts that current laws prevent action against minors with guns.

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