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.
“Still the GOP voters did not see fit to show up in sufficient numbers.”
The Dems cheat. Voting is worthless. Stop it. Forget voting...In Arizona we voted for our Republican governor en masse and voted down Steyer’s climate change initiative by a massive landslide.
But the senate...they just keep finding boxes of magic ballots. Don;t you dare blame us for that.
Have you lost your mind? Dump stocks because the government is being shut down? We could only dream it happens for the next 2 years! Markets would triple! No new regulations! Shut the damn thing down and leave it that way. Mad Max can’t investigate banks so stocks are stable. Nadler sits on his fat ass playing with himself! The Democraps get 100% of the blame, and Pelosi’s Alzheimer’s excellerates. Trump just laughs.
They’re probably working on a national red flag law. Don’t be so sure the republicans won’t pass it or that Trump won’t sign it.
Rick Scott, everyone’s current hero in Florida, did just that.
Incoming Mitt Romney will be Nacny’s go to Senator starting Jan 2019....and many Republicans left in the Senate will follow Mitt’s lead...
No signs of that, yet, and more likely if ever.....
“Not if they get away with “recounting” themselves into a majority in the Senate.”
They will get the Senate before Christmas ... there will be more recounts. I’m surprised that McCascal current North Dakota senator (I forgot her name) don’t demand recounts.
You can also count on Mittens Romney to be caucusing with the Dems. He will be a reliable anti-gun vote for sure.
Yep, Romney is likely to be the new McCain.
And you better bet Americans will be exercising their Second Amendment rights on your commie ass.
she will start a civil war
Someone I am related to will have to turn me in because I’m not in any record. Anything I have came to me from long ago.
I’ll be “working on gun control” tomorrow when I head out to the range with my buddy!
I wonder how she would react if half
the country didn’t file their tax returns
come April 15th. I’m not being
represented, why should I pay?
Nurse Ratched; please pickup the white courtesy phone.
“Because sooner 9r later, Americans will go to war against one another.”
I’m afraid so. But it was inevitable. We had a pretty good run as a constitutional republic, though.
EVERY Republican I know voted in the 2018 midterm election. But playing by the rules just can’t compete with Democrat fraud.
“I’ll be visiting a shooting range ASAP.”
I went on Friday. The range is about a mile from my house.
“Yep, Romney is likely to be the new McCain.”
That’s a given.
“she will start a civil war”
Yup.
What is that?
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