Sen. Blumenthal: We Must Ban ‘Assault Weapons,’ ‘High Capacity Magazines,’ Mandate Universal Background Checks

RUSH EXCERPT:
BLUMENTHAL: “Making the purchase or use of silencers easier is supposed to be good for the ears of the folks who are shooting. What a travesty you think the reason those folks ran from those gunshots is they could hear them. This legislation ought to be a non-starter like the concealed carry legislation, what a travesty and a tragedy that the supposed reforms that Congress is considering now are the silencer legislation and concealed carry proposal. We ought to have a step to ban gun violence including a ban on assault weapons and the high-capacity magazines used for these mass killings. Assault weapons have no purpose but to maim and kill human beings, they're weapons of war and, of course, background checks for everyone who buys a gun to keep them out of the hands of the American people.”