Posted on 03/07/2018 9:25:08 AM PST by Simon Green
Dems on Capitol Hill continue gun control push as rhetoric simmers (VIDEOS) 3/07/18 | by Chris Eger
In addition to pending legislation, Democrats in the House and Senate are advocating further conversation on gun control to include bans, limits and mandatory secure storage laws.
“There’s so much we can do,” said U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, in the party’s weekly address. “We just need the willpower and intestinal fortitude to take on the NRA and get something done for the safety of the men, women, and particularly the children in our schools of this country.”
In addressing the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feinstein continued to stump for a return to her legacy ban on guns she termed “weapons of war” and their magazines as well as banning bump stocks and other measures.
The Senate’s top Democrat, New York’s Charles Schumer, last week stressed a three-part plan to include expanding background checks to close what he termed as loopholes for gun shows and internet sales. The second leg of Schumer’s plan would be to implement the same sort of “red flag” extreme risk protective orders that have been adopted by a handful of states in recent years to take guns from those who police or family feel could be at risk to themselves or others. Finally, Schumer wants a formal debate on assault weapons on the Senate floor.
Dems on Capitol Hill continue gun control push as rhetoric simmers (VIDEOS) 3/07/18 | by Chris Eger
In addition to pending legislation, Democrats in the House and Senate are advocating further conversation on gun control to include bans, limits and mandatory secure storage laws.
“There’s so much we can do,” said U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, in the party’s weekly address. “We just need the willpower and intestinal fortitude to take on the NRA and get something done for the safety of the men, women, and particularly the children in our schools of this country.”
In addressing the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feinstein continued to stump for a return to her legacy ban on guns she termed “weapons of war” and their magazines as well as banning bump stocks and other measures.
The Senate’s top Democrat, New York’s Charles Schumer, last week stressed a three-part plan to include expanding background checks to close what he termed as loopholes for gun shows and internet sales. The second leg of Schumer’s plan would be to implement the same sort of “red flag” extreme risk protective orders that have been adopted by a handful of states in recent years to take guns from those who police or family feel could be at risk to themselves or others. Finally, Schumer wants a formal debate on assault weapons on the Senate floor.
However, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has shown a reluctance to take up any gun control measures in the near future with the possible exception of the bipartisan FixNics bill of background check system incentives that he is co-sponsoring. The body is set to head into a two-week recess on March 23.
In the House, Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee on Monday called for mandatory gun lock laws and extending the period for delayed federal background checks for “dangerous weapons like the AR-15” from three to seven days as well as moving to ban such guns and limit magazine capacity. Further, she advocated upping the minimum age for firearm, ammunition and silencer sales to 21, though it should be pointed out the minimum age to buy a suppressor from a licensed dealer is 21 already
When dems say “take on the NRA” what they mean is “ban the private ownership of firearms.”
FUDF
The greatest danger to our freedom isn’t guns; its Democrats.
I am not exaggerating.
Exactly. And by extension, GOP voter apathy. If the GOP voters don’t show up at the polls this fall it’s going to be an ugly two years.
It is always for the children.
Their view of children is the Hitler youth. Indoctrinated, subservient, and obedient to the global state.
The People's Republic of Maryland already has all three sets of useless and unconstitutional laws:
I have a box full of mandatory but unwanted and unused gun locks that I received, one per gun purchase.
I wait the seven day period (every time there is another push for gun grabbing, I buy another gun they want to grab, even if I don't need another gun of that type), even though that accomplishes nothing.
As for magazines, I drive out of state every time I want more 30 round magazines. We are permitted (for now) to possess long boxes with a spring in each, but we are not permitted to buy those boxes with springs while in this freak state.
This is all about creating an anti-gun narrative, not protecting children. If they wanted to protect children, they would permit the teachers who care about their kids and who are proficient with firearms to carry while on the job. Leftists disgust me. Only people who are pure evil would put their agenda ahead of permitting law-abiding adults to protect children.
“I have a box full of mandatory but unwanted and unused gun locks that I received, one per gun purchase.”
We used to pass out free gun locks to all the kids that took the hunter safety course I taught. I told the kids that they make a great lock for their bikes.
Exactly.
I wonder who these people think “the NRA” is? They act as if it some kind of uncontrollable being that acts on its own initiative.
I’ve been collecting those things for years. I’m thinking about using them as my ‘medium’ to construct an abstract sculpture of an AR-15 or AK-47.
As opposed to .357 magnum revolvers which are not "dangerous". This is most definitely a "camel's nose in the tent" suggestion.
By the way, what is a "delayed federal background check"? For the last half-dozen or so purchases I have made, my background check has come back approved at almost the same instant the salesman turned away from his terminal to say "This can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours".
Let them blather on
Nothing will pass. Nothing
By the way, from now on I am referring to semi-auto firearms, like a typical rifle before OR after a Bumpfire stock is installed, as a single-shot rifle, since one single trigger pull = one single shot. FULL autos would be multi-shot. Beat’em at their word games!
I believe some states have a “cooling off”
period, but I thought it only applied to
handgun purchases. Ms Lee wants this same
legislation applied to the evil AR.
I leave the lock in the box that the gun came in, and put it all in the attic for safe keeping.
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