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Tim Kaine: “That is talking about outside this building. How about the disconnect between what our citizens, gun owners, and NRA…”

On the recordJune 15, 2016
That is talking about outside this building. How about the disconnect between what our citizens, gun owners, and NRA members want and expect us to do and the complete lack of action and, frankly, counterproductive action. Let's talk about that. Congress has given gun manufacturers a unique form of liability protection that virtually nobody else in this country gets. We have put a number of restrictions in place to stop research into causes of gun violence, to stop the ability to trace weapons in gun violence. These are not only not doing the right thing but doing the wrong thing in the sense of the thing that seems completely contrary to the wishes of the constituents who send us here to represent them.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia
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Jun 15, 2016

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