Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first, we are not talking about convicted felons here, like the first thing the Senator from Illinois started to say. What we are trying to do is protect the constitutional rights of veterans, Second Amendment rights, and we are preventing the government from spending money to violate the constitutional rights. As I just made clear, the main purpose of the VA regulation is to appoint a fiduciary, not to regulate firearms, but it has the effect of regulating firearms. This standard has been in place since the 1970s. It has nothing to do with regulating firearms. Don't you think that since the Supreme Court held the Second Amendment to be a fundamental right in 2010, there ought to be an update of this system? Indeed, Federal law made clear that the regulations prescribed by the VA Secretary are limited to ``the nature and extent of proof and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing them in order to establish the right to benefits under such laws,'' 38 USC 501. Again, that provides no authority to regulate firearms, but it has that impact. Just like the Senator from Illinois, I don't want dangerous persons to have firearms, but the government must first prove a person is a danger before taking away their constitutional rights.…”