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Angie Craig: If you walk through the door, the Federal Government takes over. If you stay outside the door, the current laws are in…

On the recordMarch 2, 2004
If you walk through the door, the Federal Government takes over. If you stay outside the door, the current laws are in authority. It is called the gun show loophole. We have an amendment here that puts a whole new tripwire in front of the law-abiding citizen. It does not go after the criminal element. We know less than 2 percent of guns that are used in the commission of a crime are gotten through a gun show. Most of them are obtained in the back streets. Let's talk about law enforcement and the argument about terrorists gaining their guns through gun shows. The reason they arrested the terrorists is the current laws work. There are 1,000 gun shows for law-abiding citizens. Let's not create a Federal bureaucracy that will begin to govern and control what is the right of free commerce in this country. Let the current Federal law work.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing the implications of proposed amendments related to gun shows and federal oversight.

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