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Kash Patel fielded multiple questions from Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) about gun rights and indicated he would defer to court decisions on the legality of things like background checks.
Padilla asked Patel whether he thought background checks for firearms purchases were constitutional.
“I don’t know the in-depth of it but I think that’s what the Supreme Court has said,” Patel responded.
Patel added that “I can say whatever … the Supreme Court ruled is the rule of the land,” but said he wasn’t an expert on state laws and that universal background checks were “different.”…
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