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"If there is a bright side to this for the gun community, it's realizing that there is no easy button," he said recently. "You can't just send your $50 to one organization and assume that they're handling it well for you, and people are having to take a little bit more accountability and a little bit more action on their own."

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He said he wants to "fill in some of the loopholes" in laws requiring background checks on firearms purchases, particularly for those with mental illnesses.

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