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Here's a summary for the time or attention challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals they disobey laws for a living.

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Wayne LaPierre
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 8
Activist
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Schenectady
New York
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Surrender
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