Issue Position: Protecting the 2nd Amendment

Issue Position

We already have reasonable limits on our 2nd Amendment rights. We already are a "well regulated" militia. No one can argue with that.

The modern hysteria over guns is another example of our weakened society. Guns weren't really regulated at all prior to the 60s in America. Throughout our history, prior to just 50 years ago, a child could purchase a gun from any seller, if daddy sent him with the money. Gun free zones are always the target of terrorists and criminals. The club in Orlando was a gun free zone. France has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the western world, yet surely you recall the mass shooting terrorist attack that left 130 dead and another 368 injured. Illinois laws almost completely eliminate 2nd amendment rights, yet Chicago suffers one of the highest murder rates in the entire free world… Nearly 300 have been murdered and hundreds more injured in almost 1500 reported shootings…this year alone… in Chicago, a city where legal gun ownership is next to impossible. In Congress, I will be a strong advocate of our 2nd Amendment rights.

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