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    | Schumer touts new gun control scheme, ignores a gaping 'loophole' Submitted by: 
			
Bruce W. Krafft
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    | ... "Now, it isn’t clear whether Soofi used that specific handgun in Garland (this column has reached out to ATF for an answer), but this story also raises an issue nobody in the gun prohibition movement dares to answer. Just because he bought a handgun five years before committing a crime, are firearms retailers supposed to be soothsayers now? Must they be clairvoyant? Who could say five years ago what somebody might do today with a gun he bought, or for that matter a car, kitchen knife or candlestick holder? Even the government can't foretell the future." ...
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    | Schumer is a **** bottom feeder and rabid anti-gun grabber. . Its usually a toss up as to which Senator can race to a TV camera, Schumer or McCain. |  
 
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