After hosting a CNN town hall on firearms, anchor Chris Cuomo was responding to criticisms directed at him on Twitter, explaining the Second Amendment did not protect an individual’s right to own firearms until 2008.

Cuomo, who is a gun owner, had asked people who opposed banning AR-15 rifles if they would be open to regulating them under the same rules that are in place for concealed carry permits.

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