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Nicholas Begich: “I'm opposed to new federal firearms databases.”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 33:06

… tax revenue grab for the government, but it's another way for them to track individuals, which. And just again, so that it's clear, because we haven't talked about it yet, I'm opposed to new federal firearms databases. The idea that we're going to go track people's transaction history with their banks, and that you've got us intelligence agencies that are gathering this information as open source intelligence … (33:06–33:12)

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Asserts opposition to the creation of new federal databases tracking firearm ownership.

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