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'''Diana DeGette''' is the [[United States Representative]] for the 1st congressional district of [[Colorado]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. She was first elected to the House in 1998. As with most liberals, DeGette isn't very smart. She believes that gun magazines can't be reloaded. <ref>http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_22942476/degette-draws-criticism-pretty-stupid-ammo-magazine-comment?source=rss</ref><ref>http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_22971620/inaccurate-remarks-gun-magazines-put-rep-diana-degette?source=rss</ref>
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'''Diana DeGette''' is the [[United States Representative]] for the 1st congressional district of [[Colorado]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. She was first elected to the House in 1998. As with most liberals, DeGette isn't very smart. During a public forum held on April 9, 2013 she explained her support for a ban on high capacity magazines by saying, <blockquote>
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"These are ammunition, they're bullets, so the people who have those now, they're going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available"
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clearly demonstrating a lack of basic knowledge regarding a stance she has championed since taking office.<ref>http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_22942476/degette-draws-criticism-pretty-stupid-ammo-magazine-comment?source=rss</ref><ref>http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_22971620/inaccurate-remarks-gun-magazines-put-rep-diana-degette?source=rss</ref>