Dick Durbin: “We are glad that the Federal Railroad Administration heeded our calls and is conducting a full environmental assessment…”

We write in response to the Sentencing Commission’s request for comment on its Proposed Amendment to the Rules of Practice and Procedure.

I know that when the next call comes from our nation and our military, the Arsenal will once again be ready to answer.

To be clear, courts retain the responsibility to enforce the Second Amendment’s limits, but that is not the same as making the policy judgments the Constitution leaves open.

Congress’s experience with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban shows what that responsibility looks like in practice, and why preserving it is important to our constitutional system.