By Jordan Davidson
Now that another failed impeachment is out of the way, the Biden administration and members of Democrat-controlled Congress are seeking ways to crack down on legal gun owners and enact strict gun control measures to “end our epidemic of gun violence.”
President Joe Biden led the charge on Sunday, releasing a statement citing incidents such as the deadly Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, three years ago and the “historic increase in homicides across America” as the main reasons to ban certain rifles such as AR-15s (semi-automatic guns commonly mislabeled as “assault weapons”), prohibit the sale and use of “high-capacity magazines,” create a universal background check system, and make gun manufacturers “who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets” susceptible to punishment.
Three years ago today, a lone gunman took the lives of 14 students and three educators in Parkland, Florida. In seconds, the lives of dozens of families were changed forever. As we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn for all who have lost loved ones to gun violence. pic.twitter.com/k050oDHXIi
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 14, 2021
While one gun-control activist is flirting with creating a pillow company to rival Fox News advertiser MyPillow, multiple anti-gun groups hailed Biden’s demands as necessary, praising the president for promoting “these vital measures.” Pro-gun organizations, on the other hand, warned against the dangers of these sweeping suggestions.
“President Joe Biden’s call for his gun control agenda is not working to address the shared American goal of reducing criminal misuse of firearms,” National Shooting Sports Foundation public affairs Director Mark Oliva said in a statement. “His demand that Congress ban the modern sporting rifle (MSR), which he knowingly mislabels an ‘assault rifle’ and ‘weapon of war,’ denies the reality that more murders are committed with knives, fists, and clubs than all rifles combined. Over 20 million MSRs are in circulation today, used daily for lawful purposes.”
Oliva also noted that Biden’s call to hold gun manufacturers accountable for crimes committed with guns they produced widely contradicts the bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
“Rolling it back would be akin to allowing activist lawyers to sue Ford for the wrongful deaths caused by drunk drivers,” he said. “The criminal responsible for the horrors thrust on Parkland, and the nation, must be held accountable for his crimes. Anything less is a whitewash of the failures of local, state, and federal authorities to act on any of the 45 instances of warnings, tips, and police responses prior to his final terrible crimes.”
The National Rifle Association also spoke out against Biden’s demands, noting that his proposals would “ban commonly owned firearms (AR-15s) and 10+ round mags, criminalize private firearm transfers, and run firearm manufacturers & dealers out of business.”
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Despite polling that indicates support for stricter U.S. gun laws is at its lowest level since 2016, Biden’s call to action elicited promises from congressional members such as Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut to introduce background check legislation “in the upcoming weeks.”
“President Biden and his administration are clearly committed to signing commonsense gun violence prevention legislation into law and taking executive action to save lives and make our communities safer. Two years ago, we got pretty darn close to striking a bipartisan deal to expand background checks that I believe would have passed on the floor if [then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell put it up for a vote,” Murphy said.
Why don’t they go after the crinimal’s who misuse guns instead of Legal law Abiding Gun Owners maybe its because the Crinimal’s are the Democ-Rats biggist Voters and Supporters and Biden is a Globalists
Correct me if I’m wrong, but these are the same folks who spent the last four years (and continue) calling Trump supporters and conservatives in general ‘literal Nazi’s’, right?
Let’s try a quick reality check on who’s following the ‘literal’ Nazi playbook, shall we:
But I’m sure the folks who put up a fence (wait, I thought they were opposed to fences?) and brought in the National Guard (wait, I thought it was Trump who was going to declare martial law? – I’m getting so confused) to ‘protect’ them from the citizens they
representrule over would never use their new laws like this… {sarcasm OFF}@Spurwing Plover: I quit California after more than 60 years in my home state because police admitted to me they were encouraged to go after law abiding people instead of criminals.
Law abiding people usually peacefully pay the fines.
Law breakers ignored fines and warrants just like they ignored the laws they broke in the 1st place.
When we moved to Utah one of the first things I bought was a small bunch of 10+ cartridge holding magazines for our pistols.
As of May 5th this year it is legal for all Utah adults to carry concealed weapons.
Here, in Utah, police go after law breakers, leaving law abiding folks alone.
Refreshing.
Nothing proves the validity of the 2nd Amendment like the past year. In Democrat cities, violence ran rampant while the authorities there, sworn to protect the citizens, let the violence continue, destroying property and businesses, injuring police and citizens, just sat back and allowed it to happen. That “intellect” is now in the White House and their inclination to focus on legitimate and peaceful political opposition rather than lawless mobs means that noting is more valuable to a citizen than their right to self defense and the tools to carry it out.
Of course, their focus remains on anything BUT the problem. Note that while ANTIFA was handing AR’s out to anyone that claimed to be able to handle one in CHAZ, the left was silent and not mention of that or where THOSE weapons are has been heard. Likewise, when an illegal immigrant kills an innocent citizen with a gun, it’s not of interest.
Perhaps this is why the Demediacrats have taken the position that if they ignore the left wing mob violence, the rest of us are stupid enough to not notice it. For, if the most obvious reason to OWN an AR-15 and lots of magazines were acknowledge, how would they push their phony agenda of disarmament?
Sheriffs should refuse to enfoce any Unconstitutional laws passed and supported by Biden and his fellow Democ-Rats