Posted on 11/11/2018 2:58:08 PM PST by Kaslin
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D – CA12) went out to smooth her path toward becoming Speaker of the House by seeking friendly territory and sitting down with Chris Cuomo on CNN Thursday night. When asked what her plans were if she took back the gavel, she had plenty to share, but one of her top priorities is supposedly new gun control legislation. While not specifically invoking the Thousands Oaks shooting, she made it clear that she was indirectly referencing it as she described the sort of legislation she had in mind. (Washington Times)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said passing stricter gun control laws will be a “priority” in the new Democrat-controlled House.
“There is bipartisan legislation to have common sense background checks to prevent guns going into the wrong hands,” the California Democrat told CNN’s Chris Cuomo Thursday night.
“This will be a priority for us in the next Congress,” Mrs. Pelosi added.
Her comments came a day after a gunman fatally shot 12 people with a Glock handgun at a bar hosting a college country music night in Thousands Oaks, California.
So she’s going to be focused on universal background checks and expanded capacity magazines. In other words, nothing that we haven’t been hearing about for the past decade. Surprisingly missing from her to-do list was the so-called “assault rifle” ban.
Of course, if Democrats want to point to Thousand Oaks, they immediately weaken most of their own arguments. We once again saw a shooter who had passed all of his background checks and purchased his firearm legally. Also, rather than a rifle, he pulled off the attack with a single .45 caliber handgun. For the record, he did have a magazine with more capacity than California law allows, but considering the fact that he had time to stop in the middle of his assault to post things on social media, he clearly had plenty of time to swap out magazines even if he’d had a smaller one.
There’s certainly an argument to be made about whether or not he should have been flagged for screening due to mental illness and erratic behavior. The shooter apparently was suffering from PTSD and had acted brashly (though without any gun violence) in the past. But the fact is that officials had already been alerted to his behavior and still given him a pass. It’s also worth noting that “red flag” laws covering such people raise other disturbing issues.
Of course, except for the possibility of some changes to background checks, most of this conversation is simply window dressing anyway. If Pelosi wants to guide the Democrats toward new gun control legislation in the House, they’ll still have to get it past a GOP majority in the Senate and then somehow convince Donald Trump to sign it. Good luck with that.
This interview raises a couple of other questions as well. For one thing, Nancy Pelosi seems awfully confident that she’ll be the Speaker next year. In fact, she told Cuomo she was “100 percent confident” she would be getting the gavel back. Does she know something this far in advance that we can’t confirm? I mean, it wouldn’t be any surprise if she winds up being Speaker. She retains a lot of support from the establishment Democrats. But the new class includes a lot of younger socialists who ran on a pledge not to support her. She may win, but she might wind up needing the help that President Trump offered after all.
No we won’t our side is all talk and no action. That is why we are so screwed.
Talk is cheap and they do not fear it.
We need to figure out this vote fraud business if we want to win. The Democrats shouldn't get to be the only ones stuffing ballots 48 hours after the polls closed. I mean, if nobody is going to do anything about fraudulent voting, we might as well get in on the action.
Criminal are demonkkkRATs’ voters and friends, so they don’t care or convict, when caught.
We've had two years to repeal vast numbers of the BS gun laws that liberals have forced upon us since the 1930s and we didn't repeal a single one of them.
To win an election the rats have to steal it. They can not win an election honestly
She knows the Senate will abide by her wishes....
Save the business end for Nancy.
Might I inform you that Congress consist of both the House of Representatives where the members are addressed as Congressman or Congresswomen and the Senate
She will continue to pull “New” national gun control laws out of her gluteus maximus and try and pass them as “common sense” laws. They still stink.
They have a shopping list of new laws, all ready. Just give them the chance and they will go for it.
We have heard and every excuse as to why new laws should be passed since they started hammering for “ONLY handgun registration” since 1962.
They are simply throwing anything against the wall and see if it sticks.
Doesn't matter. They're putting on a performance for 2020.
Now is the time to prepare for a disaster in the making, Pelosi will tie a lot of left wing laws ago the budget and Trump will shut the Government down for a long period of time. A shite storm is heading this way.
Dump your stocks and buy gold.
Maybe so...but they suffer no consequences for stealing, so it really makes no difference.
The GOP equivalent of repealing Obamacare when Obama was still in office. They will pass 50 gun control bills, none will become law.
Democrats and common sense, words that never belong in the same sentence.
I’ve always wondered how a swat team would deal with a few beehives kicked over? I mean they have bullet proof vest but 120000 bees would likely deter them sticking around very long!
Aint going to go anywhere NaziP.
No, americans will go to war with the socialist domestic enemies infesting it.
They’ll do it if they can. Scary as hell.
Lol In her warped mind.
I know a lot of people here just north of Birmingham that have had CCW permits for a long time but didn’t carry most of the time. That has changed in the past year. Everyone I know is carrying. It’s as if people just “know” it’s time to be vigilant.
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