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One of the odd things about this debate is that if this had been 15 years ago, I don't think we would even be having this debate. Background checks were generally uncontroversial. If we had would have had the terrorist threat, I couldn't…
But my understanding is the amendment as proposed does provide a specific process whereby a person who believes they are wrongfully on the list, wrongfully denied the opportunity to purchase a firearm, has the opportunity to contest that…
If you are for the Second Amendment, there are no limitations whatsoever, and if you talk about limitations, you are against the Second Amendment. Do you accept that characterization?
Don't you think one of the problems with this debate as it has evolved over the past few years is that it has become a kind of either/or?
By the way, I would mention that since the Senator has been on the floor today, 10 people have been murdered with guns. It is about one an hour. Since the Orlando shooting, 100 people--twice as many as in Orlando--have been murdered with…
And I find it hard to believe that if we were debating that law in 1993 under the current circumstances, that some cognizance wouldn't have been taken of the risk of domestic terrorists.
But if someone says: Well, if that is such a small number, why are we bothering? Because it only takes one to kill a number of people.
It will have no practical effect. They will still be able to buy guns in either place. They would have to go through the instant background check and the law as if they were a felon or something like that. Then they would be prevented. But…
I say to the Senator, I have a series of questions and some comments. First, I come from a predominantly rural State with a very high number of gun owners, a very low rate of gun crime. What you are talking about here today, adding the…
I hope you will convey back to the Administration the importance that this committee puts on that position and that we believe an appointment in the immediate future is appropriate.
We would like to get this taken care of in this session of Congress.
We do not want that to the exception to eat up the rule.
My bill is S. 3027, and it involves Acadia National Park in Maine.
I believe the bravest person in the United States was that 16-year-old boy who walked down into that hole about 100 years ago and discovered it.
I greatly appreciate that we are all partners in promoting opportunities for veterans and in protecting their rights.
If you look at the chart comparing women veterans to female non-veterans, you can see in that chart that actually the female veterans' number is lower than the female non-veterans.
As a veteran, I don't feel like I needed to be rebooted, because I am concerned that word by itself may detract somewhat from the decision that our young men and women are making to serve their country.