'Conversation with the Candidate' with Eric Swalwell: Part 2

'Conversation with the Candidate' with Eric Swalwell: Part 2 Updated: 7:29 PM EDT Apr 18, 2019 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >> CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATE CONTINUES. >> WELCOME BACK. OUR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL OF CALIFORNIA. THIS IS THE TOWNHALL PORTION OF THE CONVERSATION. WE BRING IN OUR NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS WHO HAVE ALL THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. WE WILL HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS AS WELL. LET’S GET RIGHT INTO IT WITH OUR FIRST QUESTION FROM GARY EVANS. >> WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE JUST PASSED TWO MODEST GUN-CONTROL BILLS. ONE FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS AND ONE FOR AWAITING PERIOD. -- A WAITING PERIOD. OUR REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SAID HE’S GOING TO VETO THOSE BILLS BECAUSE HE SAYS WE DON’T NEED THEM BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T HAD A MASS SHOOTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK NEW ZEALAND HAD THE SAME LOGIC. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT GUN-CONTROL BILLS YOU WOULD LIKE TO INSTITUTE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DO THINK THIS HAS BE A NATIONAL CONVERSATION. YOU’RE SAFETY IS ONLY -- YOUR STATE IS ONLY AS SAFE AS THE GUN-CONTROL LAWS AROUND YOU WE HAVE OPEN BORDERS BETWEEN OUR STATES. WHAT I’M PROPOSING IS A NATIONWIDE BACKGROUND CHECK LAW. THAT’S ONLINE SALES, GUN SHOWS, PRIVATE SELLER PRIVATE BUYER. WE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SAFELY HANDLING A FIREARM OR IF YOU HAVE ANY VIOLENT HISTORY IN YOUR PAST. WHEN IT COMES TO WEAPONS OF WAR, ASSAULT RIFLE’S IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO BAN AND BUYBA ON THE 15 MILLION THAT WE HAVE. I LEARNED AS A PROSECUTOR ON OF THE LAST CASES I TRIED, WE HAD A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS FIRED AT 40 TIMES AND HE WAS HIT JUST ONCE IN THE

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