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Congressional Candidate Saws Her AR-15 In Half (VIDEO)
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May 20, 2018
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7:39Now PlayingKaren Mallard means business.
"VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Karen Mallard, a local teacher who is also one of many Democrats challenging Scott Taylor for his congressional seat, is sawing an AR-15 apart in a video. She said she did it to take a " a personal stand for gun safety" and is not backing down.
"We own the gun so we destroyed it and took it straight to the police department and dropped it off. I wanted there to be one less gun and to do something about gun violence," said Mallard.
The video has been viewed more than a million times on her Facebook page. It's also drawing a lot of negative comments. Some people are saying destroying the rifle won't keep students safe. Some are saying what Mallard did was illegal.
"It is all to intimidate me and I will not be intimated. And I'm going to fight gun reform, for our children and for our community," said Mallard.
News 3 reached out to local attorney Eric Leckie and showed him the video. He said, "Sawing off the end of a rifle barrel would probably not destroy it. But if it shortened the barrel to under 16 inches, sawing off the end would make it immediately illegal and it`s a very bad idea," said Leckie."*
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