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On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
I think that is a reasonable thing to think about whether or not we would want to have a notification to our government if someone was buying large quantities of assault weapons, especially along the border, which many, many of our colleagues have told us about being a place of significant danger related to organized crime to the south of our sovereign Nation.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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govinfo.gov
Feb 18, 2011

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Fattah discusses the need for reporting requirements on large purchases of assault weapons near the southwest border.

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