PA Bill Number: HB829
Title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
Description: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
Last Action: Signed in House
Last Action Date: Jul 3, 2024
Democrats claim Kavanaugh and Gorsuch will allow criminals to get any kind of weapon that they want :: 08/01/2019
Sen. Chris Murphy voiced his concern that recently-appointed Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch will prevent guns from being regulated in any way because of their "radical view of the Second Amendment."
"One of the reasons that I voted against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is that he very likely holds an absolutely radical view of the Second Amendment. We can get into a long discussion about what the Second Amendment is really about, but there’s no doubt in my mind that even if it does allow for the private right of gun ownership, it allows for Congress to regulate that right," Murphy told CNN on Tuesday.
The Connecticut Democrat said Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and others may then "interpret the Second Amendment moving forward as to allow zero regulation or restriction from Congress or state legislatures, allowing private citizens, even criminals, to obtain any kind of weapon that they want," adding he is "very worried about the future of Second Amendment jurisprudence."
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Murphy's comment comes after a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, in which three people were killed and a dozen were wounded, and a shooting at a Walmart early Tuesday morning, during which two people were killed.
The last landmark case on firearms decided by the Supreme Court was District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to have a firearm without having to serve in a state militia.
Then-Justice Antonin Scalia did note that the Second Amendment does not mean it is a "right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."
