On this bill we have coauthors who are Democrats and Republicans, cops, hunters, gun owners, district attorneys, a former FBI agent, and veterans, who have served in combat and put their lives on the line to protect our Second Amendment. There is bipartisan support for universal background checks in Congress and near universal support for background checks from the American people. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 8.
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