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  1. law-abiding, observantadjective

    (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs

    "law-abiding citizens"; "observant of the speed limit"

    Synonyms:
    observant, observing

    Antonyms:
    unlawful

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  1. Byron Donalds:

    They don't reflect the views of law-abiding gun owners. That's the problem, they reflect a viewpoint that's largely held in urban corridors where gun ownership is taboo… And so I think what we have really found in this whole scenario is the media does a terrible job actually covering it, because their worldview with respect to gun ownership is not ‘in the mainstream.’.

  2. The NRA statement:

    The law-abiding members of the NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure ofthat school’s security preparedness, the failure ofAmerica’s mental health system, the failure oftheNational Instant Check Systemor the cruelfailures of both federal and local law enforcement.

  3. Cory Booker of New Jersey:

    Our federal government has long overstepped the boundaries of common sense, fiscal prudence and compassion with its marijuana laws. These laws must change, otherwise law-abiding Americans -- bankers, business people, veterans and families-- are fearful of unnecessary, expensive, life-disrupting investigations and prosecutions.

  4. President Biden:

    [T]hese Marxist BLM members … get a health care pass too, they don't mean that everybody should be vaccinated, they just mean that law-abiding American citizens better do what they tell us to do or you are going to be cut off from the rest of society.

  5. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook:

    This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties.


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