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Transcript: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND CONCEALED WEAPONS:PATRICK LEAHY
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- Congressional Testimony
- Article date:
- July 23, 2002
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Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy Committee on Senate Judiciary July
23,
2002 I am pleased today to hold this hearing on the Law Enforcement
Officers
Safety Act of 2002, legislation to permit current and retired Federal,
State and local law enforcement officers to carry their firearms to
be
prepared to assist in dangerous situations. I am proud that 29 Senators
- including Senator Baucus, who joins us today as a witness, and Members
of the Judiciary Committee, Senators Thurmond, McConnell, Edwards,
Feinstein,
Grassley, Sessions, Brownback, Cantwell, DeWine, and Harkin - have
joined
Senator Hatch and me to cosponsor this bill in an effort to make our
communities
safer ...