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just read it. thanks for being here tonight. that is our show for this evening. now it is time for the last word with my friend, lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening. i just noticed that adam schiff is here as his role as a member of the crazy house judiciary committee meeting today, but he is also going to be the next senator from california. he is the democratic nominee and he will be joining us. andy cam will join us right after he won tonight in new jersey, the senate nomination for new jersey and jon tester is with us, who has the nomination in montana, running for reelection. >>...

>> the bipartisan safer communities act has been helpful in our effort to combat gun violence. it has led to a substantial number of prohibited sales of guns to minors. statutes prohibit possessing because of conduct they may have engaged in. it is giving us the authority to bring cases for straw purchasing that has led to crime guns and gun trafficking to chemicals days two criminals and in those ways has helped drive down numbers. we have set up centers where state and local counterparts can trace guns found at crime scenes to determine whether they were used by serial killers, serial shoote...

In what’s known as “straw purchasing,” Dion Jamar Cooper pleaded guilty to buying guns, and then selling them to people legally not allowed to possess a firearm.

The investigation turned up 30 guns, including four ghost guns.

The man who was charged with supplying the gun used in 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams' murder at a McDonald's drive-thru on Chicago's West Side received probation.