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Matthew Chapman

Ted: Russian sanctions are "gun control"

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Getty Images/ Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool

On Friday, The Washington Post reported that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was one of several lawmakers who wrote to the Biden administration in September demanding an end to the embargo on Russian ammunition imports.

"The group sent a letter dated Sept. 3 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen accusing the administration of using the sanctions as a means to enact gun control measures and arguing that it would exacerbate a shortage of ammunition," said the report. "'Wholesalers, retailers, small businesses, gun owners, and shooting sportsmen rely on ammunition imported from Russia and are rightfully concerned that this is an attempt at gun control,' the lawmakers wrote in the letter."

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