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Fred Clark: “There ought to be background checks for everybody, people…”

Featuring: Fred Clark, Democratic | Former Member, Wisconsin State Assembly

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Fred Clark | Wisconsin 7th Congressional District Candidate | DrydenWire

Published | Video Starts at 36:58

And I just simply cannot believe that there shouldn't be common ground to figure out how to keep guns away from people that have no business having them. If you could wave a magical wand, what would you do? Well, I think There ought to be background checks for everybody, people who are known to be at risk or mental health issues. We need to be tracking that and when necessary, making sure those people don't have access to guns. That's a red flag law, right? Yeah, sure. Yeah. (36:58–37:09)

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Advocates for universal background checks for gun purchases, including checks for mental health risks.

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