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House passes bill to expand background checks for gun sales

by Mary Clare Jalonick
| March 13, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a new push to enact the first major new gun control laws in more than two decades -- starting with stricter background checks.

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