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O'ROURKE: "I’ll put it this way. This is something that we’re able to do through the commerce clause and this is something that is not prevented from — wouldn’t prevent the united States from doing by the Second Amendment. So this is constitutionally sound. This is absolutely necessary if we care about the lives of our fellow Americans. And here’s something I want to tell you. Going to a gun show in Conway, Arkansas, stopping at a buc-ees in Katy, Texas, yesterday, listening to owners of ar-15s, Republicans, who come up and say, you know what, I own one of these guns, don’t need it to hunt, don’t need it for self-defense. This is the right thing to do and I would gladly give it up because I also have kids in school and fear for their safety or I have grandkids and want to make sure the country is safe for them. So not only is this Constitutionally sound, there’s support beyond the Democratic Party to include Republicans, Independents, gun owners and non-gun owners alike to do the right thing."