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Richard Blumenthal: “The point is those checks work, and if we can extend them to the gun shows, we can keep guns out of the hands of…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
The point is those checks work, and if we can extend them to the gun shows, we can keep guns out of the hands of criminals as well as the criminally insane.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the effectiveness of background checks to prevent gun access to criminals.

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