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On the recordMay 4, 2010
The Second Amendment constitutional right, just like the First, our most prized right--free speech, assembly, petitioning your government, freedom of religion--they are not unlimited.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman states that constitutional rights have limitations.

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