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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We have a federal statute right now that mandates how we…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 2020 Presidential Campaign and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 21:12

What about buying back assault weapons? Should the federal government ban assault weapons and then force people to sell them? So We have a federal statute right now that mandates how we treat certain weapons of war. We use it, requiring weapons of war like machine guns have to be registered. That you have to have a, you have to get your fingerprints done. (21:12–21:19)

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Asserts the existence of a federal statute regulating weapons of war.

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