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On the recordApril 17, 2018
But I am specifically asking, and I ask so respectfully, sir, how exactly would so-called comprehensive universal background checks manifest in the United States of America----
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins questions the implementation of universal background checks under the Constitution.

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