I believe you really believe that the background checks are really going to save peoples' lives, but you will see that most of the people that committed the crimes actually stole the guns.
Mike Thompson: “I believe you really believe that the background checks are really going to save peoples' lives, but you will see that…”
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Thompson questions the effectiveness of background checks in preventing gun violence.
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