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Senate Democrats Rally for New Background Check Bill

By Bian Elkhatib
Posted October 25, 2017 at 8:02pm

By Bian Elkhatib

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Sens. Christopher S. Murphy, Catherine Cortez Masto, Richard J. Durbin and Richard Blumenthal spoke about expanding background checks for gun purchases. Sen. Blumenthal is sponsoring a bill that would make it more difficult to buy a gun without a background check.

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