Lizzie Warren’s gun grabbing bill is nothing new. Following the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, Congress rammed through what became known as the Gun Control Act of 1968. It imposed FFL dealers, BATF Form 4473, restrictions on imports, etc. We live with them to this day more than fifty years later.
But the bill that Lyndon Johnson signed into law did not include national registration of firearms and federal licensing of owners; he was in a steaming rage when he signed the bill (he was retiring from office but most members of Congress were not).
Gun owners have dodged several legislative bullets since then and even seen rights restored such as shall issue concealed carry. But the Left’s urge to confiscate is always there and has emerged in the form of Red Flag laws.
Notice that Lizzie’s bill and all the Virginia bills have no effect whatsoever on criminals (who are natural allies of the Left). A bill to stiffen penalties on criminals who use a gun in a crime was soundly defeated in the VA assembly.
This is nothing less than class warfare against those recalcitrant citizens who own guns and will never vote Democrat. Dems have already convinced themselves that gun owners are mostly middle aged white males who have shrunk in numbers to such an insignificant minority that they can be safely ignored at the polls.
This year is the worst for attacks on the 2nd Amendment since 1968.
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