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Josh Hawley: “Now, federal law is supposed to prohibit a national gun…”

Featuring: Josh Hawley, Republican | U.S. Senate Missouri

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'How Many Biden-Era ATF Rules?': Josh Hawley Asks Gun Advocate About Outstanding Biden ATF Rules

Published | Video Starts at 02:26

Speaking of registries, my understanding is that sitting right now in a warehouse in West Virginia and you describe this in your Testimony, is roughly 1 billion gun owner records, 94% of them that are already in digital format. Yes. Now, federal law is supposed to prohibit a national gun registry, but I'm wondering, what would you call that? We call that a register. Looks like it to me, too. I mean, let's just walk through this. (02:26–02:32)

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Implies that the existence of 1 billion gun owner records may constitute a national gun registry, which federal law prohibits.

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