I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment.
Jerry Falwell, Jr.
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It is divisive politics to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens after a national tragedy.
Matt Rosendale
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WikiLeaks' disclosures should be protected under the First Amendment.
Amal Clooney
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I have supported the equal rights amendment since I was a freeholder. You won't find many people who can say that. I'm very proud of it.
Rodney Frelinghuysen
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The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
Michael Kinsley
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Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment.
Dick Thornburgh
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Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment.
Bob Filner
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The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the American fabric. But the intent of the founders was that the amendment protected the rights of citizens to bear arms in a militia for their collective self-defense.
Peter Bergen
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I think we all have a right to bear arms, whichever amendment that is.
Rick Ross
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When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed.
George Will
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The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace.
Blase J. Cupich
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The number-one defender of the Second Amendment rights is the National Rifle Association. The NRA works tirelessly to elect pro-Second Amendment candidates, and it fights fearlessly to win tough public policy battles and preserve those rights.
Thom Tillis
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Today's uses of the Second Amendment may invoke James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, but they have a lot more to do with interest-group politics.
Cass Sunstein
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I want to regain my First Amendment rights.
Laura Schlessinger
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While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.
John Boehner
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I own guns because it's my right, it's my Second Amendment right, and no one in Washington gave me that right; it's a natural right confirmed by the very people that founded this nation.
Jeanine Pirro
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The principle of building an economy without foreign monopoly capital has become a principle which, for us, is no longer subject to amendment.
Sukarno
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1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.
Ron Paul
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I have voted in support of efforts in the Senate to enact a Constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman only.
Lisa Murkowski
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First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Dennis Kucinich
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As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
Arlen Specter
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The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.
Pete Coors
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Let's remember, the Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years.
Rick Scott
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I'm a gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment.
Evan McMullin
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