During the first 2020 Democratic primary debate, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said if there is a mandatory buyback, it would not involve gun confiscation.

"Gun confiscation, right, if the government is buying back, how do you not have that conversation?" moderator Chuck Todd asked.

"Well, that's not gun confiscation because you give them the offer to buy back their gun," Klobuchar said.

"I look at these proposals and I say, 'Does this hurt my uncle Dick and his deer stand?' coming from a proud hunting and fishing state? These ideas don’t do that," she added.

Klobuchar have voiced support to implement a ban on "assault weapons" and universal background checks.