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Posted on 06/14/2022 1:49:31 PM PDT by absalom01
If the legacy media had their way, your front door would explode and seconds later you’d be hip-deep in armed gun-grabbers delivering butt-strokes to your noggin until you surrendered the combination to your gun safe. That’s the level of anti-gun bias today’s legacy media uses whenever they report on anything related to guns or the Second Amendment. Their recent stories on developments in the Senate are no exception to this rule.
“The Senate has finally reached an agreement on guns,” a CBS news actor breathlessly announced Monday morning. Except the Senate hasn’t reached any agreement. Ten Republican Senators have agreed in theory to back a gun-control framework, which is lightyears away from agreeing to support an actual gun-control bill.
Once again, the legacy media is way ahead of the actual story. Once again, they are reporting what they want to happen, instead of what actually happened. Rather than reporting the truth, today’s media consistently pushes its own agenda, which in this case is their belief we need more gun control.
To be clear, a bipartisan group of 20 Senators – 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats – led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), announced yesterday their support for a proposal, which is not a bill.
According to a press release from Murphy’s office, the proposal is “a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country.”
“Families are scared, and it is our duty to come together and get something done that will help restore their sense of safety and security in their communities,” Murphy said in the statement. “Our plan increases needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals and those who are adjudicated as mentally ill can’t purchase weapons. Most importantly, our plan saves lives while also protecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans. We look forward to earning broad, bipartisan support and passing our commonsense proposal into law.”
You can read the full text of Murphy’s proposal, as well as which Senators have announced their support, here.
Is this development concerning to those of us who value our God-given constitutional rights? Yes, it certainly is. However, we don’t yet know what provisions of the proposal will be included in the bill, or even if there will be an actual bipartisan bill.
The National Rifle Association said as much in a statement released Sunday night:
As is our policy, the NRA does not take positions on “frameworks”. We will make our position known when the full text of the bill is available for review. The NRA will continue to oppose any effort to insert gun control policies, initiatives that override constitutional due process protections and efforts to deprive law-abiding citizens of their fundamental right to protect themselves and their loved ones into this or any other legislation.
While some of the concepts contained in the Senators’ proposal are likely unconstitutional, it’s a proposal, not legislation, at least not yet. We need to monitor developments closely and keep in contact with our elected representatives.
While the gun banners are celebrating wildly while the cameras roll, do not fall victim to the media’s spin. That, friends, is exactly what they want. They survive solely on clicks and ratings. Do not feed the media beast.
What’s the bill number on this one?
That’s the point: there is no bill yet. There’s an “agreement in principle” with 10 RINO senators.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
Mitt Romney (R-Utah) Of course
Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)
We just need to peel off one or two and this goes away, and then November should change the makeup of congress and remove the immediate threat.
In progress: the last line of the original article (linked in the OP): "Republicans Blunt, Portman, Toomey and Burr are retiring."
Ping
If Republicans pass this as it is currently and reportedly written, I will not be voting in November.
Yeah, but they need to be dissuaded from voting on a bill before the next congress is seated.
At last, there's something about securing schools and dealing with mental problems.
The GOP, as usual, seems determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Isn’t there a red flag law?
The worst idea in the “framework” is an expansion of “Red Flag” laws at the state level.
You can bet that the governments that issued “lockdown” orders and vaccine mandates won’t shy away from disarming their domestic political opponents.
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Unconstitutional red lag law expansion is a total deal and faith breaker. Outlawing any long gun that could potentially use a magazine holding more than 10 rounds is a complete deal breaker.
That’s my understanding. How many times have we repeatedly heard after a bombing or other calamity that, “the suspect was known to the FBI “?
Red flag laws are unconstitutional are designed to go after politically unfavorables. Wear a MAGA hat? Red flag. Upset your HOA by flying an American flag? Call in anonymously and get red flagged.
And if the government can take away someone’s guns without due process, why hey, they can eventually take your house, bank account, or anything else you own.
I shoot. 10 rounds is sufficient.
This shouldn't even be a "threat." It shouldn't be an idea, a thought, a bill, a resolution, or anything. Gun control is slavery.
For you, perhaps. Arbitrary restrictions on magazine capacity are unacceptable and must be resisted.
I shoot. Belt-fed is insufficient.
Your willingness to infringe the right of the people to keep and bear arms is contemptible.
The DemonRats have been pushing gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.
And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)
And it continues...
And there is more...
And more...
And yet more...
And more and more and...
We just keep buyin' more...
And we bought more more more...
And more and more and more...
Could it be? More?
More Americans buy more guns...
We just love guns...
Buy a gun, you'll be in Hogg Heaven!
Another month, another record!
Will the record breaking ever stop?
Looks like it will never stop.
It will never stop. :)
Gun sales records AGAIN!
Did somebody say "Boom?"
KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMONRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)
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