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Newsom's Texas Two Step on Ghost Guns

Fifth & Mission

English - December 16, 2021 09:00 - 17 minutes - ★★★★ - 314 ratings
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The governor is co-opting the Lone Star State's end run around the courts on abortion to target illegal homemade firearms. As reporter Dustin Gardiner tells host Demian Bulwa, Newsom sees his gambit as an attempt to use a bad tactic for something good. But the ploy faces the same problem the cops know all too well: Ghost guns are all but impossible to trace.
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The governor is co-opting the Lone Star State's end run around the courts on abortion to target illegal homemade firearms. As reporter Dustin Gardiner tells host Demian Bulwa, Newsom sees his gambit as an attempt to use a bad tactic for something good. But the ploy faces the same problem the cops know all too well: Ghost guns are all but impossible to trace.

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