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On the recordMay 22, 2013
Under current law, someone who cannot pass a background check to buy a gun simply can go to a gun show or to classified ads and get a gun anyway.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses loopholes in gun background checks.

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