The Second Amendment does not provide the right to carry a concealed firearm.
Richard Blumenthal
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Richard Blumenthal is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Connecticut since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Blumenthal has focused on issues such as consumer protection, healthcare, and veterans' affairs during his tenure. He previously served as the Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011, where he gained recognition for his advocacy on behalf of consumers and his efforts to hold corporations accountable. Blumenthal has been an active voice in the Senate, participating in various committees and addressing key national issues.
I happen to think this kind of process is a lot healthier for our democracy than the 90 minutes...
I mentioned the distinction that there was in Judge Gorsuch's comments on the privacy cases versus Brown in the way that he acknowledged that the privacy cases were decisions of the Court, and he declined to say whether or not he thought…
I will continue to work as hard and long as possible for common sense measures that will stop gun violence in this country.
No right being absolute, public safety being a legitimate consideration, is one with which you would agree?
He was the elephant in the room with us then. I think he is the elephant in the room with us now.
The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.
Actually, Chief Justice Warren asked Justice Frankfurter to find an originalist justification for Brown.
I hope that you will be as persuasive as possible after you make up your own mind and hope that you will decide that these rules make sense.
And during the campaign, a completely different Federal judge, born in this country, he said could not rule fairly on his case because the judge was 'a Mexican.'
The ultimate test of the rule of law is whether the Government can lose in its own courts and accept the judgments of those courts.
The fact that this country has failed to stop the sale of such weapons and impose commonsense measures like universal background checks is absolutely reprehensible.
It was decided in 1965, and that was its holding, and I am asking you do you believe it was the right result?
Nothing in Heller was intended to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill.





