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Mark Takano: The scope of H.R. 5423 seems to go well beyond the issue of background checks.

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
The scope of H.R. 5423 seems to go well beyond the issue of background checks.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano expresses concern about the broad implications of H.R. 5423.

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