Posted on 01/08/2019 5:33:25 PM PST by yesthatjallen
House Democrats unveiled legislation on Tuesday to require universal background checks for gun purchases as one of their first moves in a newly empowered majority.
The bill’s introduction came eight years to the day after the deadly shooting rampage that nearly killed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who since then has become one of the nation’s most prominent advocates for tougher gun laws.
Democrats touted the bill as a significant shift from eight years of GOP rule in the House, a period when the nation experienced the deadliest incidents of gun violence in its history but saw zero action on the issue from the lower chamber.
House Democrats unveiled legislation on Tuesday to require universal background checks for gun purchases as one of their first moves in a newly empowered majority.
The bill’s introduction came eight years to the day after the deadly shooting rampage that nearly killed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who since then has become one of the nation’s most prominent advocates for tougher gun laws.
Democrats touted the bill as a significant shift from eight years of GOP rule in the House, a period when the nation experienced the deadliest incidents of gun violence in its history but saw zero action on the issue from the lower chamber.
Still, the decision by Democratic leaders to make gun control a priority in the new House majority’s first days in office shows how much the party has changed on the issue.
In 2007, House Democrats spent the first days of their majority voting on bills to raise the minimum wage, adopt national security proposals from the 9/11 Commission, offer student loan relief, grant funding for stem cell research and lower prescription drug costs.
Gun control was viewed as a third rail that could put vulnerable lawmakers in a tough spot. Indeed, when some Democrats requested a hearing on background checks in 2010, they were refused.
But legislation to expand background checks for gun sales now has virtually universal backing in the Democratic caucus, even among more moderate members. That shift is a reflection of overwhelming public support for the issue, which has only grown as a string of deadly mass shootings has grabbed headlines in recent years, sparked a national outcry and created a new army of advocates clamoring for tougher gun restrictions, including students affected by mass shootings at schools.
Some newly elected Democrats in competitive districts even actively ran on gun control, like Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), who became an activist after losing her son to gun violence. McBath won a suburban Atlanta district President Trump narrowly carried in 2016.
“This bill is further proof that gun safety is no longer the third rail of American politics,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
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Gun Control: Any “Public Servant” that has ever made any deliberate false statements during the course of their professional duties or to the citizenry, Shall be prohibited from possessing or using any firearm or ammunition
I never thought I would ever support gun control yet here I am.
Nanzi the Nazi.
Even Leftists are telling Boulder “f no”.
Americans need to make suing the ignorant bastards in the House on The Hill their number one priority. Violating the Bill of Rights can get people killed.
Go ahead and take my guns...but you’ll need a search warrant before you step one inch in my house...or I’ll be able to shoot you...try it liberals
I think they’re more Libertarian than ‘leftist’
2nd Amendment bump for later....
V-toe!
I am in favor of simple, easy to understand gun regulations, like the one already in the Constitution.
If we need more, I suggest a law requiring that any employee of the federal government, or state or local government, or any member of the military located within the United States, have to obey any firearms law or regulation that applies to anyone in the jurisdiction where they are located.
So magazine limits, firearms transfer regulations, etc. would apply to everyone equally. And yes, that would mean our military and law enforcement would be on the side of the rest of the citizens when it came to new firearms regulations.
Of course in some states the military would be unable to do much useful training, but that would make everyone safer in the eyes of the leftist Democrats.
ANYBODY who “buys into” the LOONY “gun-control agenda” of the LYING LEFT is terminally NAIVE and/or STUPID.
Yours, TMN78247
Or, I sold it to him before the law took affect, here’s a bill of sale.
I would like to see a lawmaker introduce an amendment to their bill that requires that all democrat lawmakers give up their firearms and their security including walls around their houses and locks on their doors.
Hey we are all safe now, ok?
Tyrants always ‘take the guns away’ because a defenseless public cannot then say “NO” to them.
Leftists see a disarmed populace as a necessary step to their ultimate power in the US.
We are telling the truth because we say we are telling the truth ...
Time to Boycott those who sidewith/enable traitors like CNN
BOYCOTT THE LEFTIST MOUTHPIECES
Illusion politics. It will not pass the House, will not be voted on in the Senate and the President would never sign it.
What did Democrats say in the Bush Years? Dead on Arrival.
That’s good, because I ignore stupid laws such as this. Over two centuries of buying/selling firearms in my state, so nobody would have any clue what exchanged hands.
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