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Tim Walz: “We need to take the weapons of war off the streets and the…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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LIVE I Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota leaders to discuss issues impacting children

Published | Video Starts at 12:37

I am still absolutely committed that we need to do something on this. Foundational to that is, is that I believe with every fiber of my being that there We need to take the weapons of war off the streets and the high capacity magazines. I saw there was an arrest in Washington state last night where a 13 year old had access to 20 some semiautomatic rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and was prepared to carry out one of these things. (12:37–12:41)

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Asserts the need to remove military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines from public access.

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