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Tim Walz: “80% of the public does not believe that we need weapons of…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 06:28

It's a good one. I hope it goes. I see a lot of hand wringing from Republicans. The fact of the matter is 80% of the public does not believe that we need weapons of war on the streets or high capacity magazines. There's some other very functional pieces in there that I've never understood why we couldn't get done safe storage. All of us who are safe gun owners do that anyway. (06:28–06:34)

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Asserts that 80% of the public opposes weapons of war and high-capacity magazines on the streets.

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