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Steve Cohen: “The President took executive action to clarify what the private sale of guns are. And to help close that loophole and…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
The President took executive action to clarify what the private sale of guns are. And to help close that loophole and the President did it because Congress failed to act.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen defends the President's executive action on gun sales due to Congressional inaction.

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