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Richard Blumenthal: “I invite both sides of the aisle, my colleagues on both…”

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Senate Committee Debate on Ghost Guns: Ted Cruz vs. Richard Blumenthal

Published | Video Starts at 03:53

There is no reason, none, to treat ghost guns differently than any other gun. They look like a gun, they shoot like a gun, they kill like a gun. They should be treated as guns. And I invite both sides of the aisle, my colleagues on both sides, to support the Untraceable Firearms act to close this loophole. (03:53–04:03)

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Asserts a call for bipartisan support for the Untraceable Firearms Act to regulate ghost guns.

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