On the heels of dozens of executive orders issued by Joe Biden and the massively expensive $1.9 trillion constituent payoff bill disguised as COVID relief, Democrats are now focusing on an old favorite: Gun control.
KOMO reports:
The House is expected to vote on two bills Wednesday that could make it harder to buy a gun — one calling for universal background checks, the other aimed at closing loopholes in the background check system. The Biden administration said it “looks forward” to strengthening the federal gun background check system, with gun control a priority for President Biden.
One measure being considered would extend the current three-day extended background review period to 10 days, just like California.
“No matter where you are or who you are, we are going to check you out, make sure you’re not on a terrorist watchlist or that you’re not a violent felon before you exercise those Second Amendment rights,” said Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.). “I’m talking about things like a cap on the number of rounds that will be in a magazine.”
Fact: Background checks go through the FBI and red flags like being on a terrorist watch list or a violent convicted felon already show up.
Fact: No serious study shows a correlation between the number of bullets in a magazine and murder rates.
“Twenty kindergarteners, first graders and second graders were killed in Sandy Hook, we did nothing. When dozens of people lost their lives in a massacre in Orlando, we did nothing. I could go on for the next ten minutes about massacre after massacre after massacre in which we did nothing at the federal level, so that all the sudden, gosh, we’re gonna do everything, it’s just an insane idea,” said Rep. Himes.
Here’s what’s also insane — believing that gun control stops homicides.
As Breitbart’s Awr Hawkins reported Tuesday, California and Los Angeles have some of the strictest gun laws in the country and yet South L.A. has experienced “a 742 percent surge in shooting victims during the first 16 days of 2021.”
Nevertheless, as Democrats on the federal level push more gun control, red states and cities are pushing less gun control and more Second Amendment.
In Kansas, Republican lawmakers in the state House have approved a bill to lower the legal age to carry concealed firearms from 21 to 18, The Associated Press reported, adding the measure now heads to the Senate.
“The bill’s support came mostly from Republicans, who say that those under 21 are eligible to vote and serve in the military,” the AP noted further, adding, “The legislation would significantly increase the number of university and college students in Kansas eligible to carry concealed firearms on campus.”
And in neighboring Missouri, the House passed a bill extending the right to carry concealed to public bus passengers.
“This legislation assures the right to self-defense for those that have undergone the CCW firearms training, weapons training,” said Rep. Adam Schnelting who sponsored the legislation.
This is what red states are going to have to do, at least for the next two years: Push back against the Democrats’ left-wing agenda at every opportunity.