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William R. Richardson: “The issue here, I believe, is instant background checks. Nobody who has a criminal background or is mentally ill should…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2007
The issue here, I believe, is instant background checks. Nobody who has a criminal background or is mentally ill should be able to get a weapon.

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Bill Richardson discusses his stance on gun control and the importance of background checks.

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I would not trade an end to the war treaty or unless there is a denuclearization of sizable numbers of dismantling of weapons and WMD and missiles.

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This was a concession in the first summit that we got nothing in return. So we should not concede that one again.

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Perhaps a vaguer statement that says tensions are less and the war is over, OK. Maybe. But not as a tradeoff unless there is substantial denuclearization.

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