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Rapper Ice-T added his voice to the gun control debate Friday following the movie-theater mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., which claimed the lives of 12 people and wounded 58 others.

True to his lyrics, the "Cop Killer" rapper talked about the importance of the Second Amendment in an interview Friday with the U.K.'s Channel 4 News.

"You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last line of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police," he said.

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