that the Second Amendment “is not unlimited. [It is] not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."
MTV News: You asked the Senate to pass the Universal Background Check Bill on Thursday , nine months after it was passed in the House. Why did you choose to introduce it now?We asked the Senate to pass the bill yesterday because we're sick and tired of waiting. There are mass murders every single day in this country.
I wasn't surprised. I expected that a Republican [might] come down and object to my motion. Of course, I didn't know at the time that, as I was making a move to try to bring the background check bill up for a vote in the Senate, news was breaking of another school shooting in California.
MTV News: How did you hear what happened in California? Was it before or after Sen. Hyde-Smith objected to the bill?I gave my remarks on the Senate floor, I asked for permission to bring up the background check bill, and then after the objection was raised, I went back to my office. As soon as I walked into my office I was told that, while I had been on the floor, news broke of this shooting.
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