Political Quotes

“one of the things that has made our American Constitution so unique and so enduring is that our Bill of Rights was designed to protect the people of this country against government action. There are few who would argue that the Second Amendment protects individual possession of nuclear devices or machine guns or bazookas or grenade launchers. But what we are talking about here is a balancing of rights and a balancing of interests. Mr. Chairman, I have been listening to this debate for the last 2 hours, and it seems to me that balancing those equities requires a no vote. We heard the gentleman from California, Mr. Rohrabacher, say that he saw on television Korean American store owners protecting their lives and their property during the Los Angeles riots, and that was because the police did not show up. And they used semiautomatic weapons that are banned on this list. Self-defense is a legitimate purpose and this bill would take those guns away from those Korean Americans. Secondly, we have to remember that it is already a Federal felony for someone who has been convicted of a felony or adjudicated mentally incompetent to possess any type of firearm, any type of firearm.”