Senator Merkley Statement on Senate’s Rejection of Common-Sense Gun Proposals

by Press on June 21, 2016

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to defeat proposals that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying guns and that would close loopholes in the background check system: