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Tim Walz: “The firearms industry has done a magnificent job of not…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Gov. Tim Walz hosts debate on gun violence

Published | Video Starts at 38:21

And this is how it goes. Or if you have a dog, your insurance rates will go up because your dog might bite someone. They don't ask you about your firearms. And The firearms industry has done a magnificent job of not asking physicians of people in mental health crisis to be able to ask if they have a firearm in the home. That's not to deny your Second Amendment rights. That's to make sure that if you or someone in your family has a mental health crisis, we remove that firearm from there. (38:21–38:29)

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Asserts the firearms industry's influence on policies regarding mental health and firearm ownership.

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