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On the recordApril 17, 2013
But what is consequential is extending it to private sellers, not licensed dealers. Because the argument surely would be--if this bill passed, the argument would immediately become: Well, it cannot possibly be effective because we do not know who owns those firearms.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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