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On the recordMarch 10, 2021
Improving background checks is common sense. Background checks simply make it harder for guns to end up in the hands of the wrong people--criminals. Mr. Speaker, 75,000 guns have ended up in the hands of the wrong people. The Enhanced Background Checks Act gives the FBI more time to complete background checks. In doing so, it closes the loophole. The Framers didn't think about carrying an AK-47 or a semiautomatic weapon. That is not what they thought about. Mr. Speaker, these guns are dangerous. They leave a pool of blood on corners in cities across the United States of America, and having access to them too soon is a deadly decision. We must pass this legislation to ensure that communities are safe all over America. Let me just end by saying that we have a new item, the ghost gun loopholes. Ghost guns are made to evade law enforcement. There are ghost guns. We should stop them now, dead in their tracks.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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