Posted on 09/13/2019 8:53:56 AM PDT by rktman
The House Judiciary Committee advanced three anti-gun bills this week to the delight of the gun prohibition lobby.
“The U.S. House understands that another day without stronger gun laws means another day of preventable tragedies,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun-control organization funded by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
“Now it’s time for the Senate to do its job and pass meaningful gun safety laws — because the American people aren’t going to settle for weak, watered down half-measures,” added Feinblatt.
The bills headed to the House floor include:
H.R. 1236, known as the “Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019,” is a Red Flag bill that simultaneously encourages more states to adopt a gun-seizure process while establishing one at the federal level. Per the language, authorities and family members would be able to petition a court to confiscate firearms from a person accused (not adjudicated, nor convicted) of being a threat to himself/herself or others. H.R. 2708, known as the “Disarm Hate Act,” the bill would permanently revoke 2A rights for anyone convicted of a hate crime. That includes misdemeanor offenses. H.R. 1186, known as the “Keep Americans Safe Act,” would criminalize the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (LCAFD) aka magazines with a capacity exceeding 10 rounds. While there is a grandfather clause for current mags in circulation, owners would be banned from selling or transferring them to friends, family, children, grandchildren, etc. Federal funds would be made available under a “buy-back program” to compensate individuals who surrender their mags to the government.
Even though the legislation was passed along party lines, Democrats and gun-control activists hope that it will spark similar action in the GOP-controlled Senate.
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We let them install an ineligible usurper, so they think they can legislate away the 2nd Amendment.
The Constitution hating just never stops. Same old tired attacks just keep happening. These America-haters have NOTHING else.
I guess my understanding of the meaning of the word “infringed” is way off the mark. I am, however, curious as to when they intend to address “preventable tragedies” perpetrated by criminals who enter the country illegally...
“People shouldn’t have access to magazines that hold multiple rounds...”. “No one needs magazines that hold multiple clips...”. People who say lamebrained crap like Biden shouldn’t be involved in making ANY laws, much less gun laws.
Oh, no need to worry. The Republican party holds the Senate. They are our wall of protection!
As a safety device (self defense being a personal safety issue), magazine capacity is a key measure of effectiveness: if you run out, you die - hence “high capacity”.
Whew! I feel much safer now knowing that mittens is protecting us. LOL!
For now.
Legalizes SWAT-ing Gun Owners.
Don’t like someone, SWAT them.
Nope. "Hate crimes" are really thought crimes. There should be no such thing.
Seems like House of the gridlocked Congress has been passing lots of constitutionally indefensible political stunt bills since PDJT got elected.
Personally, I am tired of Democrats wanting to ban this or that, demand this or that, being outraged by whatever. Frankly, shut up, you heathens. Mind your own damn business. And no, you may not have my guns or any of the associated accessories. Pound sand.
You have a one track mind.
Any of those bills makes it into law and there’s no reason to refrain from shooting democrats.
Hate is a Motive, it isn’t a Crime.
Hate (Thought) Crime Laws are absolutely, positively 100% Unconstitutional, period.
Yeah...... I’m not so sure I’m comforted by that.
Not one of these proposed laws will take the guns out of the hands of criminals.
Every one of these laws will take guns out of the hands of upstanding American citizens.
We no longer have to ask if the democrats intend is to remove all firearms from the hands our citizens.
It is now both their stated and demonstrated goal.
I’m going to give all my magazines to my son, but I think I’ll hold them for him for now. I wonder how that plays out under this law?
‘Feinblatt’?
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