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Richard Blumenthal: “The Second Amendment is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever for any purpose.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
The Second Amendment is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever for any purpose.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal interprets Justice Scalia's view on the limitations of the Second Amendment.

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