Larry Craig

Larry Craig is a Republican senator from Idaho and a board member of the National Rifle Association. The following viewpoint is excerpted from Craig’s June 6, 2000, remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate during a debate on gun control legislation. Craig argues that such legislation must not infringe on citizens’ right to defend themselves with a firearm. He claims that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to self-defense, and he further asserts that, under the Constitution, Congress has no power to abolish or infringe upon that right. Craig lists examples of how guns are often used in self-defense, which he believes gun control advocates tend to ignore.

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