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On the recordNovember 29, 2012
I want to set the record straight. This is a provision in the law that I worked on in fact with the Senator from Oklahoma, and it says something very simple: If you are adjudicated mentally infirm, you are on the same list that prevents you from buying a gun as if you are a felon. In my judgment--I love our veterans, I vote for them all the time. They defend us. But if you are mentally ill, whether you are a veteran or not--just as if you are a felon. If you are a veteran or not and you have been judged to be mentally infirm, you should not have a gun. And no amendment, my friend, is absolute. The first amendment is not absolute. You are against antipornography laws. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth amendments. And as much as I believe in the second amendment and the right to bear arms and was a supporter of the Heller decision, neither is the second amendment. I continue my objections to the provision. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Nov 29, 2012

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