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    1. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      Chris Murphy Retweeted Ted Cruz

      You're right, Ted, it's hard to do this issue justice on twitter, but I commend you for trying. Here's my side of the argument, on why the 2nd Amendment is about collective, not personal defense, and allows the government to reasonably condition firearms ownership. 1/xhttps://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1168310869425577989 …

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      Ted CruzVerified account @tedcruz
      An excellent Q, worth considering carefully w/o the snark of Twitter. It is of course not the right to a modern-day firearm that is God-give but rather the right to Life & the right to Liberty. Essential to that right to life is the right to DEFEND your life & your family. 1/x https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1168293913825693697 …
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    2. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      2/x First, you selectively quoted the Amendment. It actually reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." It references militias - not personal defense - for a reason.

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    3. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      3/x The founders were strongly opposed to America having a standing army. Madison called it an "instrument of tyranny". But a young America needed to defend itself. This is where militias come in, and the need to make sure citizens were armed in order to serve.

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    4. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      4/x Nowhere in Madison's copious notes from the Constitutional Convention does he mention the 2nd Amendment being about the private right of gun ownership. And the term "bear arms", which today is connected with private gun ownership, back then was connected to militias.

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    5. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      5/x So I don't think the 2nd Amendment is about protecting the right to defend your personal rights with a gun, but I DO believe that the founders did likely believe in a sort of common law right of gun ownership. That's also pretty clear from the history of the time.

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    6. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      6/x But they also believed that government should be able to regulate that right. And it wasn't just about denying African-Americans the right to own guns. There were revolutionary era laws to register guns, control gun powder storage, prohibit concealed weapons, etc.

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    7. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      7/x The founding fathers probably believed in a right for citizens to own guns (though not necessarily for the reasons you articulate). But they also definitely believed in the right of government to restrict the ability to own and operate weapons.

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      Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      8/x And that's where we are today. No Democrat is arguing to outlaw private gun ownership. But we do believe, as the founders did, that there should be reasonable limits on gun ownership. Like, some people are too dangerous to own guns, and a few guns are to dangerous to own.

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        1. Lets get real‏ @reallauranor 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          thank you for continuing the fight. You are a true hero

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        1. Annie‏ @PlumpPants 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          My mother-in-law told me yesterday she won't go to large public gatherings anymore. A small price to pay so @tedcruz can cook bacon on a gun to appear macho.

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        2. Vern Nickerson  🇺🇸‏ @CoachNickerson 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          Are those people also too dangerous to own knives, cars, baseball bats? And who exactly are the chosen ones to makes that decision?

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        3. Steve Schiefer‏ @Schiefer4 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @CoachNickerson @ChrisMurphyCT

          Yeah, there are people who decide some are too dangerous to own and operate cars, they're called the courts and DMV. If you're deemed too dangerous for any number of reasons, physical, mental, behavioral, they don't let you drive anymore. Can't believe you didnt know that.pic.twitter.com/u6bKWgHhXP

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        2. The last wave‏ @Cult_of_the_sun 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          AR-15's are like heroin to the gun nuts. They experience pleasure while holding and discharging weapons of war. Their 2nd Amendment arguments are just an excuse for them to feed their drug-like addiction. Happiness is a warm gun.

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        2. Darwin Woodka‏ @darwinwoodka 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          Ask Ted how he feels about people owning tanks instead of cars. After all a tank is just a big car, right? AR-15s should be off our streets and out of people's homes. If owned at all they should be at a gun range and kept there, locked up. ENOUGH.

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        3. BooToYou!‏ @boodad12 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @darwinwoodka @ChrisMurphyCT

          Ummm. You can buy a tank. They just cost a LOT of money. A lot of money

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        1. Peggy WTF Smith‏ @peggynysom 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          Thank you, Senator Murphy 🇺🇸

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        1.  ⚡Arcanjel  ⚡‏ @bstnboy 2 Sep 2019
          Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

          Regulating dangerous weapons upheld by SCOTUS Heller (2008). Majorly of Americans support assault weapons ban. Only way it happens is with Demoratic control of WH, Senate. Worth ending filibuster to save lives.

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