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Chuck Schumer: “It makes no sense not to have a background check.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer on Brooklyn, Politics, and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 11:09

And you just gotta keep at it and at it and at it. I hope we'll vote on some of these measures again. I don't know if they'll pass someday. Our day will come. It makes no sense not to have a background check. Does anyone think a felon should buy a gun? Does anyone think someone who's beat their spouse should buy a gun? Does anyone think someone who has been adjudicated mentally ill should buy a gun? (11:09–11:12)

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Asserts that background checks for gun purchases are sensible and necessary.

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