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Richard Blumenthal: “But assault weapons are equally destructive, and the evidence for them is equally compelling, that is, the evidence for…”

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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