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Scott Pruitt on Gun Control
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Second Amendment is divinely granted
According to a newly unearthed series of Oklahoma talk radio shows from 2005, Pruitt, who at the time was a state senator, described the Second Amendment as divinely granted and condemned federal judges as a "judicial monarchy"
that is "the most grievous threat that we have today." In the 2005 recordings, Pruitt also backed a broad interpretation of the Second Amendment's right to bear arms, saying it derives from a divine mandate and thus cannot be limited.
"If you can tell me what gun, type of gun, I can possess, then I didn't really get that right to keep and bear arms from God,"
he said. "It was not bequeathed to me, it was not unalienable, right?"
Source: Politico.com, "Pruitt tapes," on 2018 Trump Administration
, Mar 2, 2018
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