Do background checks on gun sales also relate to less domestic shootings and domestic disturbances?
Do you think the people of Memphis could expect a reduction in that rate if we pass H.R. 8?
I think that H.R. 8 is absolutely the right first step to closing this gaping loophole in background checks.
Our Constitution is a great document, I concur. But you have to remember that the original sin of this country was slavery.
It is amazing how that coincided with the felon voting issue.
It is amazing. You know, in Memphis, we had a statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and it was recently taken down.
It was part of our charter. And except for the Civil War and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, we would still be there, ...
I sponsored the bill in the Senate to restore voting rights, and that was put in by a House member, and I think it was done for pernicious b...
the President shall not have the power to pardon himself or herself, the President's brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, spouse,...
We must be very wary of attempts to create exemptions to such laws or otherwise weaken their enforcement mechanisms.
I take no position on the question of whether sober homes are the best means of integrating those recovering from addiction in society.