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Clipped from:Senators Feinstein and Blumenthal React to NRA
Dec 21, 2012

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00:00:00 UP.
00:00:03 THE GENERAL BELIEF IS THAT THIS BILL WILL BE ON THE FLOOR NEXT WEEK WE COME BACK.
00:00:10 >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ART AND WEAPONRY.
00:00:13 I DO NOT BELIEVE A CAUSE FOR ANY COMPENSATION OF WEAPONS ALREADY OUT THERE.
00:00:19 OTHER THAN STOPPING PEOPLE FROM BUYING NEW ONES, IF THERE IS ALREADY TOO MUCH ACCESS, WHAT WOULD THE FACT BE?
00:00:27 >> GOOD QUESTION AND I T WHY FOR IT.
00:00:30 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS PLACING THESE WEAPONS UNDER THE FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT, THE SAME ACT THAT EXISTS FOR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
00:00:40 SINCE THERE ARE NOW DEVICES TO LEGALLY MAKE THEM AUTOMATIC, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS PRUDENT TO PLACE THEM UNDER THE FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT.
00:00:52 THIS WOULD REQUIRE THEY BE REGISTERED HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK.
00:00:58 IT IS INCONCEIVABLE AFTER WHAT THE NRA SAID TODAY THEY DO NOT THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE GUNS SHOULD HAVE BACKGROUND CHECKS OR THAT THEY SHOULD ME -- THEY SHOULD BE REGISTERED.
00:01:09 WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUYBACK PROGRAM.
00:01:12 AGAIN, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
00:01:16 THESE ARE IDEAS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
00:01:19 >> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WHO ALREADY OWN THEM WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER?
00:01:24 >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER THE MILITARY ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS.
00:01:29 IT WOULD BE PUT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT.
00:01:33 I AM SURE YOU CAN READ THE ACT AND SEE WHAT THAT
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