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➖️Our Knee Jerk Congress➖️From Congressional Record: Vol. 114, April 8 1968. Pg. 9183. Rep. Edwards of Alabama:“Mr. Speaker, as smoke was billowing over Washington DC as a result of the riots this past weekend, I sat in my office contemplating the future. Troops were on the streets outside my window. A machine gun was set up on the steps of the Capitol because of the possible assault on the Capitol.”“In this atmosphere of violence, riots, looting, we are asked to legislate.People are saying that now we must pass the Civil Rights bill. Just pass it and get the riots stopped. But what happens then? Where does it stop?Must we pass a new law every time there is a riot?”....➖️Law-breakers should be sent "to jail"... ''Must we pass a new law every time there is a riot?”➖️