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The Left, Liberals, Believe That If We Just Have More Gun Control Laws, All The Problems Are Going To Go Away. Well, I Don't Think So. I Don't Think So. I Think - Yes, It Will, It Will Be Reduced. There's No Question About That.

-Michael Moore

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The Left, Liberals, Believe

Michael Moore

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The Left, Liberals, Believe That If We Just Have More Gun Control Laws, All The Problems Are Going To Go Away. Well, I Don't Think So. I Don't Think So. I Think - Yes, It Will, It Will Be Reduced. There's No Question About That.

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Part Of My Job Is To Read The Paper, Watch C-span And Show Things That Haven't Been Shown Or Were Buried.

Politicians Never Keep All Their Promises.

I Mean If Politics Was My Main Motivation I Would Be Doing Politics. But I'm A Filmmaker.

Sometimes It's Important To Vote - You Know, To Make A Statement, To Make A Point; Certainly, Many Of Us Who Were Involved In The Nader Campaign In 2000 Felt That Way.

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