“I say to my colleague from New York that if someone who has a concealed carry permit… in the State of South Dakota that goes to New York and is in Central Park -- Central Park is a much safer place.”

— John Thune

Comments in the US Senate, July 22, 2009. http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0709/John_Thune_vs_Central_Park.html?showall

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