Senate Proceeding 07-21-09 on Jul 21st, 2009 :: 1:55:00 to 2:00:49
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1:54:51 to 1:55:01( Edit History Discussion )

Carl Levin: weapon in states outside of arizona simply because arizona allowed it to do so. texas, which is one of the top ten sources of guns recovered in

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Speech By: Charles Schumer

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Charles Schumer: crimes in new york city -- the city in which i reside -- is person who's been convicted repeatedly of illegally carrying a handgun. therefore, we can place arms traffickers in this lineup. mississippi law leaves access to concealed carry permits for

1:55:23 to 1:55:44( Edit History Discussion )

Charles Schumer: members of hate groups. alaska and vermont allow adult residents ofhe state to carry a concealed weapon without a license or background check as long as they're allowed to possess a gun, even if they have committed have committed misdemeanor sex offenses against minors or are dangerously mentally ill and

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Charles Schumer: have been voluntarily committed to a mental institution. again, each state has its own views. the state of vermont's a beautiful state. it has different -- it's different than new york state in many ways. and the laws that fit for vermont don't necessarily fit

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Charles Schumer: for new york. a 17-year-old cryn or blood from new york -- dangerous, could be violent -- could head to vermont, attain a vermont driver's license, buy a gun and return to new york or could buy a whole bunch of

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Charles Schumer: guns and return to new when law enforcement stops him, a loaded gun tucked in his pants, a wholeunch of guns in his backpack, all he would have to do is claim he is a vermonter visiting new york, show his vermont i.d., and the new york police department is unable to

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Charles Schumer: stop it. this runs shivers down the spine of new york police officers, of law enforcement. and it doesn't just apply to new york. this could apply to anyarge state. imagine law enforcement stopping one of these characters with a

1:57:18 to 1:57:39( Edit History Discussion )

Charles Schumer: backpack full of guns, a known member of a major gang, and having to let them go. imagine how empowered gun smugglers and traffickers would feel. their business would boom. these are people who make money by selling guns illegally to people who are convicted felons.

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Charles Schumer: they could go of go to the state with the weakest laws, get a concealed carry permit, if that likelihood it might -- and then start into neighboring states and states across the country. their business would boom but our safety would be impaired.

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Charles Schumer: imagine routine traffic stops tued into potential shootouts. police officers in new york have the safety, the peace of mind kn might legally have a gun are those who have been approved by the police department that's how we do it in)? a city like new york. we've had our problems with crime. thank god.

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Charles Schumer: they're much lower now to the now due to the gre police. but now they'd be totally unprepared, walking on tip-toe and if the criminal simply said, i'm from this state shutter at the thought. and beyond the very real threat

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Charles Schumer: poses to law enforcement and the safety of our police officers and the safety of our citizens, it would create a logistical nightmare. a police officer making a stop of a car would have to have in fr all 45 states

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Charles Schumer: allowed -- or whose residents would now be allowed, or even whose people who had gotten carry permits, would now be allowed to carry concealed weapons in new york. what about states' right. i've not been in the side, it's obvious, of the gun lobby for many years i've been here in the house and the senate.

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Charles Schumer: i've always believed, tugh, there's a right to bear arms and it's unfair to say the second amendment should seen through a pinhole fourth, fifth, and sixth should be seen broadly. i don't think that's fair. but every amendment has limitions. through the years when i've been

1:59:55 to 2:00:15( Edit History Discussion )

Charles Schumer: involved in this issue, mr. president, the n.ra. and other gun groups have argued the states ought to make their own decisions. all of a sudden we see 180-degree hairpin turn and now they're saying the states can't make their why is it that every other issue

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Charles Schumer: should be resolved by the states except thi one? the amendment flies in the very face of states' rights arguments and takes away citizens' rights to govern themselves. i say to laws and citizenry who probably want the laws not drawn as tightly as my state, if you open

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Charles Schumer: up this door one day you'll regret it. because if you say the federal government should really decide what law governs, you're taking