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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
But assault weapons are equally destructive, and the evidence for them is equally compelling, that is, the evidence for a ban on assault weapons, which is what the majority in Heller II in your court found, did it not?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal argues that evidence supports banning assault weapons.

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