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      <excerpt> According to Bloomberg, Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) sponsored legislation that calls for all gun sales records to be destroyed within 24 hours of purchase. ... </excerpt>
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      <title>Enabling the next Fort Hood?</title>
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      <excerpt> By National Rifle Association , Everything Firearm Related - 7 Hours Ago US Congressman Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., released the following statement in response to ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Todd Tiahrt is asking for a Congressional investigation of whether reports are valid that the US and Brazil are negotiating an ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> WICHITA &#8212; US Rep. Todd Tiahrt has asked the House Armed Services Committee to advance legislation to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Father Emil ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But in 2003, Congress began requiring that the records be destroyed within 24 hours. This requirement, one of the many restrictions on gun data sponsored by Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), meant that Hasan&amp;#39;s investigators were blocked from ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Oh well, may as well make all the Blue Dogs show their cards one more time. Several&#160;alreaqdy might not&#160;stand a chance of re-election in the years ahead at the rate we're going.
In both cases, the loss of these young soldiers was compounded by a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I'm not going all-in for the message of this Mayors Against Illegal Guns &quot;Terror Gap&quot; thing. But I'm struck by what I'll call the &quot;Hypocrisy Gap&quot; instead.
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