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Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they're about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
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Greenville
South Carolina
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Jesse Louis Jackson
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