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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 19 Jun 2016

    Gun control is like "trying to stop a freight train with a piece of Kleenex," NRA chief says http://cbsn.ws/1sN1lNw pic.twitter.com/jHCtZnlhDs

    9:39 AM - 19 Jun 2016
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      1. Em H Zed‏ @emhzed 19 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Wayne lapierre is a self serving load of crap. NRA should be sued for encouraging the carnage & paying republican congressmen

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      1. Robert Blatter‏ @blatterjr 19 Jun 2016
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        Says the guy with his foot on the gas...

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      2. Steve‏ @middlepoltics 19 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        last mass shooting in the uk 19 years ago. Then we banned guns. Enough said.

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      1. ForeignServiceGal TrueBlueDemocrat 🌊‏ @ShirlsAdams 19 Jun 2016
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        Thanks to the bloody NRA! That's OK, we will TRY, take one piece and then another&another. Doing nothing is UNACCEPTABLE! @CSGV

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      1. Rebecca Saunier‏ @beckyjaneaston 19 Jun 2016
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        @LindaSuhler Gun control in the hands of those in power results in powerful corruption of constitutional right to gun ownership.

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      1. ENOUGH!  🌊‏ @Amoral_Drumpf 19 Jun 2016
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        MONEY is more important that people's LIVES. Happy Selling! MORONS!

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      1. Matalena p Sea‏ @Perju1Sea 19 Jun 2016
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        The FREEDOM to have a weapon through the Second Amendment does NOT mean you forget your COMMON SENSE- right???

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      1. Matalena p Sea‏ @Perju1Sea 19 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Stop selling weapons ONLINE. Let the People go to a REAL store that has a REAL clerk to buy guns.

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      2. xvi‏ @imxvi 19 Jun 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        if that is true then why is the NRA afraid of Kleenex?

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      3. Crusty Napkin‏ @CrustyNapkin 19 Jun 2016
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        @imxvi @CBSNewspic.twitter.com/zfdyEKGwbc

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      4. xvi‏ @imxvi 19 Jun 2016
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        So one guy, one, tries to blow up a plane with his shoes and now we all have to get naked when boarding. Your point?

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      1. Michelle Rosenbaum‏ @michelleneuf 19 Jun 2016
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        @sandiv11 Crooks steal guns.

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      1. GiantsWashbowl‏ @adirondacks46 19 Jun 2016
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        NRA chief's analogy 'gun control like trying to stop freight train w/Kleenex' Perhaps quicker stop is cut gun manufacturer$ profit

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      1. name cannot be blank‏ @Demeisen1 19 Jun 2016
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        more like trying to stop a freight train by doing a background check to make sure driver will stop and not kill a bunch of people.

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      1. Brett Kavanaugh just put his penis inDebbie'sface!‏ @MelvinByTheSea 19 Jun 2016
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        only because of the NRA. We could accomplish so many things in this country, but for the vested interests that stand in the way

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      1. Patrick Wong‏ @nightfly4257 19 Jun 2016
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        that why need build a wall not for Mexican but for these gun nuts. Hopefully it stop the freight train if the wall thick enough.

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