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On the recordJanuary 19, 2016
My hope is that no impediments for those who honestly seek the legitimate use of firearms with the right to do so and reasonable constraints on those people who have illicit motives.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed hopes for no barriers for legitimate firearm users while constraining illicit motives.

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