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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We've done [a federal ban on assault weapons and large…”

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 21:47

I think you should make it illegal to buy or sell them because you don't want to create a black market and it should be illegal to use them. We should pass a federal ban on assault weapons and large magazines. We've done [a federal ban on assault weapons and large magazines] before. We can do it again. So I think that is the, that is the regulatory framework and you should have a nationwide buyback so that those people who did purchase these weapons because they're gun enthusiasts, could actually have them purchased back by the federal government. (21:47–21:50)

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