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Chris Murphy: The Manchin-Toomey proposal says that every commercial gun sale in this country should have a background check attached…

On the recordMay 24, 2022
The Manchin-Toomey proposal says that every commercial gun sale in this country should have a background check attached to it.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy explains the key provision of the Manchin-Toomey amendment.

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