Posted on 01/06/2019 8:22:48 AM PST by Kaslin
Now that Nancy Pelosi has the Speaker’s gavel back in her hands, what will the first order of business be in the House? Ending the shutdown? Infrastructure? Healthcare? Nope. Aside from impeachment (which came up on day one), the first item on their list is gun control. I know… I know… you’re about to faint from shock. But the package they’ve assembled and plan to introduce on Tuesday isn’t nearly as broad and intrusive as many in the Democratic base might desire. In fact, the only confirmed detail in this plan is another move to expand background checks. (WaPo)
House lawmakers are planning to roll out a measure on Tuesday that would require universal background checks for nearly all firearms purchases, as House Democrats attempt to make good on their pledge to address gun control with their new majority.
The proposal, headlined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chairman Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), is a bipartisan measure, with Rep. Peter T. King (D-N.Y.) (sic) serving as the lead Republican co-sponsor. According to an aide familiar with the package, the existence of which was previously reported in Politico, it will seek to impose universal background checks for the purchase and transfer of firearms, with some exceptions for hunting and family, but will not address an assault weapons ban.
There’s no mention of an “assault rifle” ban to be seen, nor anything about extended magazines or any of the other usual talking points. Personally, I’ve never been quite as upset about background checks when compared to actual gun bans because ferreting out dangerous criminals who may be attempting to purchase a gun from an authorized outlet is actually a good thing. My chief concern remains the fact that if you give the liberals an inch on these issues they’ll try to take a light-year.
There’s no sign that the Senate is going to support such a proposal, so it may all be moot anyway. But it’s worth asking Pelosi and her friends what specific problem they’re trying to solve. Their usual reasons don’t seem to carry much weight. The background check loophole is largely a myth circulated by gun grabbers to people who probably don’t understand the existing laws. The Democrats almost always point to mass shootings as a reason for doing this, but in one tragedy after another, we find out that the attackers were able to pass a background check before going over the edge.
The usual rhetoric about “keeping guns out of the hands of criminals” is a noble idea, but more background checks aren’t going to do much in that regard. The government tracks this sort of data on an ongoing basis and they’ve found that the vast majority of criminals engaging in gun crimes obtained their weapons illegally. One study from 2004 revealed that, of criminals in prison for crimes involving guns, roughly one quarter of them admitted to having stolen the gun they used. 40% said they had purchased their weapon on the black market and 37% got them through the “gray market” via illegal strawman purchases and various other illegal methods.
There’s the shocking reality of gun crime in America. People who are willing to engage in violent crime don’t generally flinch when it comes to violating background check laws. Go figure.
If the Democrats want to put through a meaningful effort to curb gun violence, we could really make some progress by furthering efforts to actually enforce the laws we already have on the books and support states and cities in their efforts to get people engaging in gun crimes off the street. That should be able to generate enough bipartisan support to pass easily.
[[with Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) (sic) serving as the lead Republican co-sponsor. ]]
Good old Petie. He’s running scared now that his state is going full commie. This is precisely why the GOP is just as useless as the Democrats.
Can’t wait for all of her armed guards to give Bull-losi their weapons. Let me know when they do that!
The gavel is not big enough. They can pound sand, we will keep ours. No further discussion.
The author seems to think gun control is a good idea. I would prefer to see more cop control such as doing away with no-knock warrants and asset forfeiture where the cops rob someone and then legally get to keep the proceeds of their crime.
Pray that the SCOTUS will keep faith with the constitution and that RBG is replaced.
What is wrong with these people? They will support the most asinine useless ideas,but can’t seem to support what might be the best ideas;some of them being laws already in effect. They have denied their oath of office in large part. If that wasn’t bad enough, we then have a few Republicans going along with it. They are there to represent the people of the land; not just the other elected officials. This is why we have the Second Amendment,I guess.
So, buy Ruger and S&W stocks? Dem push just means record sales.
10’s of 1000’s of gun laws already on the books, but apparently none of them are any good and we just have to have more? How about we do away with all the gun laws already on the books since apparently, according to democrats, they are ‘ineffective’?
Peter KIng=Bouncer @ Gay Bar!
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It was a he. LOL but I get your point.
The NY GOP is a bought and paid for punching bag for the NYS Rat Party.
Gun control is first on the list because without it they will be unable to take advantage of their position of power to destroy the Country.
Cant have a good Communist purge of the opposition without it.
[[[10’s of 1000’s of gun laws already on the books, but apparently none of them are any good and we just have to have more?]]]
I tried to explain this to a liberal a while back. Logic has no bearing on the issue evidently. The same with the issue of “Licensing”.
NY, in the middle of the night, passed their ‘safe act’ under the guise of ‘imminent need’ - Donald Trump wants to close the border because of a ‘national emergency’- but a judge won’t let him do so stating that there is no ‘national emergency’ (DESPITE Illegals murdering and killing, raping, assaulting, scamming, defrauding, stealing identities, etc etc etc 10’s of 1000’s of people every year, far more people that are killed by guns in NY)
See the hypocrisy here? NY liberals gets to ram through an UNCONSTITUTIONAL law based on ‘imminent need’. Yet a republican president doesn’t get to secure our borders because of a true national emergency!
Nancy and the Dems think it’s One Party Rule now
Exactly right. Pelosi's proposed legislation is but another step on their long march. It would, in essence, register every transfer or purchase - with the exception of some (but not all?) hunting or family member transactions.
Found with an unaccounted-for weapon after passage of the legislation? The government will not run the risk of making such a statute retroactive, nor will they need to. LEO's will simply proceed on the assumption you obtained it in violation of the law. It will be held until such time as you can credibly prove when and how you got it.
If these elitist’s armed guards can carry guns why can’t my wife hire me to be her armed guard. I am retired military and expert marksman with no criminal record so what would be their excuse to not let me.
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