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On the recordJanuary 19, 2016
The only practical impact of the President's gun show provision will be to intimidate and frighten law abiding citizens so that they will refrain from selling their guns at all for fear they will be prosecuted for failure to register as a firearms dealer.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Concern that new gun regulations will discourage lawful gun sales.

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