Nation of Criminals

From: CBN News, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/April/ONLY-ON-CBN-NEWS-Nation-of-Criminals1/

ONLY ON CBN NEWS: Nation of Criminals

Experts say practically anyone could be convicted of some sort of federal crime. And it’s all too easy for anyone to violate one of these laws and never know it. One congressman tells CBN News, “We have made it dangerous just to be alive in America.”

   

   
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