NEW YORK (AP) - Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in calling on the U.S. Senate to reject Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh[1] because of his expansive interpretation of gun rights and the Second Amendment.
Cuomo, a Democrat, said Saturday that Kavanaugh[2]’s past opinions show that he believes it’s a constitutional right to carry “even the most dangerous assault weapons.”
Rep. Gregory Meeks, a New York Democrat, called Kavanaugh[3]’s nomination “a grave threat to reasonable gun control measures enacted by states.”
Meeks and other lawmakers joined Cuomo at a Manhattan news conference to urge the Senate to block Kavanaugh[4]’s nomination.
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