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Tina Smith: “The outrage that I've heard from Minnesota gun owners who've…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith calls for 'meaningful restraint' of 'lawless' federal agents

Published | Video Starts at 04:42

… in Minnesota, and it includes law enforcement who seek doing is so deeply damaging to their own credibility in their communities. It is people who care about Second Amendment rights. The outrage that I've heard from Minnesota gun owners who've said, wait a minute, this man was carrying, lawfully carrying a firearm as his Second Amendment right, and you're saying that he could be killed for that? The level of rejection of this behavior of ICE is growing, not diminishing. And I think Republicans in Congress are hearing that as well, and that is leading them to look for a way forward that can put an end to this. (04:42–04:56)

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