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Richard Blumenthal: “Nothing in Heller was intended to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Nothing in Heller was intended to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal cites Scalia's Heller opinion regarding firearm possession restrictions.

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