Jim Kessler Senior Vice President for Policy January 2013 | W ASHINGTON, D.C Guns by the Numbers The Challenge of Beating the NRA.

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Jim Kessler Senior Vice President for Policy January 2013 | W ASHINGTON, D.C Guns by the Numbers The Challenge of Beating the NRA

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467,000

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8,452,322

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1.Universal Background Checks 2.Trafficking Statute 3.Clips Ban 4.Improve Background Check System 5.Ban Assault Weapons

Own 2 nd Amendment: -Rights and Responsibilities -Rights don’t extend to terrorists, criminals, the insane, and weapons of warfare.