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Ron Johnson: “Automatic weapons are illegal.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson's State of the Union interview (full)

Published | Video Starts at 00:30

They just want this to be done through ATF regulation. Would you be willing theoretically to vote against the NRA on this by voting to legally, legislatively ban bump stocks? Well, again, Automatic weapons are illegal. Converting another weapon into an automatic weapon is illegal. Most of us, I certainly never even heard of a bump stock until this tragedy. (00:30–00:32)

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