Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding time. This is, of course, an emotional debate. Some have talked about fear, and they instill fear in the process. As Mr. Nadler has pointed out, no weapons are taken away. A number of Members on the other side of the aisle have gotten up and said this is an unconstitutional bill. Yet, from 1994 to 2004, that bill was tested in the courts. None of those courts found that unconstitutional. In the Heller case, which has been quoted over and over again, a very simple statement was made by that superliberal Antonin Scalia. He said, ``Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited.'' From Blackstone through the 19th century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever for whatever purposes. One indication of that, of course, is that we have a ban on machine guns in America. Now, one could answer, ``Well, they are not in common use.'' That is correct, because they are banned. Mr. Speaker, 67 percent of Americans support an assault weapon ban. Fifty-three percent, over half, strongly support, and another 14 percent somewhat support, for a total of 67 percent. That is in a poll by Morning Consult on May 25, 2022. There was another poll by Pew in September 2021 that said that 63 percent of Americans support it.…”