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Richard Blumenthal: “Background checks in Connecticut cover those sales more…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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CT Mirror Presents: "In The Room: A Conversation with US Senator Richard Blumenthal"

Published | Video Starts at 1:04:56

Very important. It was not done in the Safer Communities act that we managed to pass a few years ago. There were other reforms that did pass. They have worked. Background checks in Connecticut cover those sales more expansively. And Connecticut has shown that good, responsible gun prevention, gun violence prevention actually works. It saves lives. And I am fighting very hard, by the way, for the Ethan's Law that we passed in Connecticut, named after Ethan Song. (1:04:56–1:05:01)

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Asserts that Connecticut has more expansive background check coverage than federal law.

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