Commentary

Gun Control Could Kill Senate’s Democratic Majority

By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, March 20 2013

What gives Congress the power to think it can treat the Second Amendment like a second-class right? That was the essential question hanging over a tense exchange between U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) over the latter’s proposed assault weapons ban. Here is a transcript of the tussle in the Senate Judiciary Committee where both are members: SENATOR TED CRUZ (R-TX): The question that I would pose to the senior Senator from California is would she deem it consistent with the Bill of Rights for Congress to engage in the same endeavor that we are contemplating doing…

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