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Mondaire Jones: “We`re talking about universal background checks, raising the age to purchase semiautomatic weapons, in the way that you…”

On the recordJune 2, 2022
We`re talking about universal background checks, raising the age to purchase semiautomatic weapons, in the way that you have to be 21 years old to do any number of other things in our society that are far less deadly than owning a firearm.
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Mondaire Jones
New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Jones outlines specific gun control measures being proposed in Congress.

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