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Mazie Hirono: “The Supreme Court decided that the right, the right to carry…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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This Supreme Court is Out of Control

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

… say, a Walmart to get the owner of Walmart to say, okay, you can do that. Here's Hawaii trying to enact gun safety laws for the protection of our people. The Supreme Court decided that the right, the right to carry a gun was more important than the right of the state of Hawaii to provide gun safety protections to our people. See, this is an out of control Supreme Court majority. There are strong dissents. But I want everyone to understand that our country, which is awash and guns, is certainly not being helped by these kinds of decisions. (00:19–00:37)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court prioritized gun rights over Hawaii's gun safety protections.

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