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Mark Kelly: “Shooting a protester, you know, somebody exercising their…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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'You are not allowed to break the law in service to this country': Sen. Mark Kelly

Published | Video Starts at 02:50

And it puts service members in a very challenging position because they have to figure out what is legal. And what is illegal? There's some things that are pretty obvious. Exactly. Shooting, Shooting a protester, you know, somebody exercising their First Amendment rights... you can't. Even if the things got a little bit out of hand, you can't. But can I just ask then, because I would agree that that is illegal, but in the … (02:50–02:57)

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Asserts that shooting a protester exercising their First Amendment rights is illegal.

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