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David Cicilline: “But you agree, do you not, Madam Attorney General, that if the law in fact said the background check has to be completed…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
But you agree, do you not, Madam Attorney General, that if the law in fact said the background check has to be completed and the transfer approved we would reduce the likelihood that people who are ineligible, 16,000 in that 4-year period, from purchasing firearms, correct?
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline questions the need for completed background checks to prevent illegal firearm purchases.

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