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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The police chief of Milwaukee called out Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) -- an opponent of gun safety regulation -- for echoing National Rifle Association talking points about the uselessness of expanding background checks for all gun purchases. The organization argues that the government should enforce existing laws instead. During a heated exchange at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) proposed assault weapons ban on Wednesday, Edward Flynn pointedly interrupted Graham's claims that the federal government is failing to deter individuals from misrepresenting themselves in the background check process by failing to prosecute people who were rejected from purchasing a weapon as a result of their false claims. Flynn argued that rather than embark on a "paper chase," law enforcement officials are focused on preventing people from purchasing guns illegally, eliciting loud applause from the audience: Advertisement
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