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Chris Coons: “Can you explain in a little more detail why these new ATF agents and new FBI personnel, these new examiners and…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2016
Can you explain in a little more detail why these new ATF agents and new FBI personnel, these new examiners and investigators, are really necessary and how they can help reduce gun violence not just in my hometown but in rural areas and in urban areas all over this country?
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons questions the necessity of new ATF and FBI personnel for gun violence reduction.

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