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Rob Mercuri: “Our safety team, because of Pennsylvania's laws, is able to…”

Featuring: Rob Mercuri, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 17

28th Legislative Virtual Candidate Forum

Published April 30, 2020 | Video Starts at 36:37

We go to a large church in the district, Northway Christian Community. And before COVID we used to gather with hundreds and hundreds of people on a Sunday morning. Our safety team, because of Pennsylvania's laws, is able to arm themselves. And there was a church shooting in Texas where that came in really, really handy. And they were able to stop gun violence right where it started by using what they were armed with to protect themselves. (36:37–36:47)

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