Beto O'Rourke: “In Texas, you can buy that same weapon out of the trunk of…”

“What if we have a universal background check? Because you know you have to pass a background check if you buy from a federally licensed gun shop. But In Texas, you can buy that same weapon out of the trunk of someone's car in a person-to-person sale and there's no check whatsoever. Eight people died in Midland, Odessa because we didn't have a background check. On every single one of those, I get consent from everybody in the room.” (42:47–42:55)

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