Parkland Survivor 'Very Concerned' Kavanaugh 'Would Strike Down Any Assault Weapons Ban'
The survivor said in Friday's confirmation hearings that "our lives are just as important as any American's freedom to own a gun.”
September 07, 2018 at 06:13 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
A survivor of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting said on Friday that she was “very concerned” about Brett Kavanaugh's views on guns and the assault weapons ban, as she implored senators to consider voting against the U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
Aalayah Eastmond, a witness for the Democratic minority in the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged senators at Friday's confirmation hearings for Kavanaugh to weigh the nominee's record on the Second Amendment, after delivering an emotional recounting of the Parkland shooting, which brought Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, to tears.
“I am very concerned since learning Brett Kavanaugh's views on guns, and how he would strike down any assault weapons ban,” Eastmond said. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior, who also lost an uncle to gun violence, stressed that gun violence “disproportionately impacts black and brown youth.”
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