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Hey and welcome to the short stuff on Josh, there's Chuck Jerry's here in the saddle for

Dave and this is short stuff, like I said.

That's right.

We're going to try and get through this next 12 minutes without our brains exploding

and without screaming into the microphone.

And without receiving death threats when this episode comes out.

That's right because we are talking about HR 8.

It is the bipartisan background checks act of 2021.

It is a bill that originated in the house in the United States to try and close loop holes

on gun purchase background checks.

And we thought this might be a good way to dip our toe into the gun debate after the events

that you've all the and here we go.

Yeah, the you've all the shooting is definitely if you paid any attention whatsoever to the

news, really kind of breathes some energy into the concept of background checks and some

bills that were already out there.

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