U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) on the floor advocating for a vote on gun control. (Photo: CSPAN)
House Democrats are committed — committed to voting on legislation that would further restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.
On Wednesday, nearly three months after their staged sit-in on the House floor that lasted 25 hours, various Democrats once again tried to bully the lower House into taking up a vote on gun control
“Time and time again we ask for compassion, time and time again we ask for action, time and time again we ask for leadership. Our people are sick and tired of a do nothing congress,” said Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia). “These bills should be passed. Bring them to the floor, let us have a vote.”
The legislation in question are a no-fly, no-buy bill and a universal background check bill. While on the surface they sound like “common sense” measures to reduce gun violence, the reality is that they are anything but.
The no-fly, no-buy bill which prevents those on government watch lists from purchasing guns has all sorts of issues as it relates to checks and balances and due process. First off, the watch lists lack transparency. No one but the government knows who is on them. No one but the government knows how a citizen ends up on one. Second, it’s unconstitutional to deprive a citizen of his or her right to keep and bear arms without due process. When the government prevents one from purchasing a firearm on the mere suspicion he or she is an enemy of the state, the government is violating one’s Fifth Amendment rights.
Likewise, the universal background check bill House Dems are proposing has major problems, the least of which is that it would create a system whereby one would be compelled to pay a background check fee for every firearm transfer. For instance, your friend is going hunting and he wants to borrow your shotgun. With a universal background check law on the books, you and him would have to go to an FFL, pay the fee to the gun shop owner to run the background check on your buddy before you could lawfully lend him the firearm. Obviously, this is not only a pain in the butt to do, but it can be costly. It’s a way to further chill Second Amendment rights. The goal is to make gun ownership more costly than it already is. In a nutshell, a universal background check bill is tantamount to taxing the Second Amendment.
The other point to be made about both bills is that there is no evidence to suggest that either bill would be effective at reducing violence. Nevertheless, the House Democrats are hellbent on enacting these bills into law.
“We’re not going away,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California). “We’re not going to stop until we enact gun violence prevention laws. We’re not going to stop until we get the job done.”
“We have a little time to save lives,” continued Pelosi. “What more important thing does any of us have to do than to stay here and pass a law to save lives? Somebody said to you, you could save 90 lives by passing a bill today, wouldn’t you do that? Or why wouldn’t you do that? Why wouldn’t you do that?”
Thus far, Republicans have shown little interest in taking up the issue. In fact, just the opposite. There were rumblings that GOP lawmakers would look into ways to punish Democrats for their sit-in back in June just before the Legislature’s summer recess.
On that note, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) said in an interview with reporters that leadership would “see when we do something about it” but did not delve into specifics about what punishment he would mete out.
“Our goal here and our job is to protect this institution. Protect this institution so that democracy can work, so the house can get its job done,” Ryan said.
Why don’t they talk about the positive usage of guns? It protects the whole nation from anarchy. How many lives were saved because people are armed & police are armed? Food related sickness/diseases killed millions every year. Heart diseases/attack, stroke, diabetes, all sorts of cancer, Alzheimer, obesity, depression…etc Traffic accident considerable takes more lives than guns. Prescription medicines killed much more people than guns. There are info more saying FDA approved medicine can kill you and people without notice.
Socialists are step child of Communists, the workers of Satan but they don’t it. They manipulated incidents & little by little they take away people’s freedom. You can slowly turn on the heat, eventually food in the pot will get cook; it just take some more time that’s all.
Unfortunately, Satan will have control and deceives the whole world. The 2nd Amendment eventually destroy then the mark of the beast begins to implement on the whole world. People must prepared spiritual not just physical because there is a spiritual enemy.
Christ said He has bind the strong man & takes the key of death when He resurrected from the dead. Everyone now can have eternal in Him by repenting of their sins & receive Him as Savior. Amen
The no fly no buy is all about government secret gun ban.. no one knows how you get on it and there is no way to get off that list.. there is no phone number to call, no one to write a letter to and no judge to petition… not to mention, how are you supposed to prove you’re Not a terrorist ?
As for the background check on private sales… again a way to restrict gun rights… not ONE mass shooter has EVER got a gun at a gun show or private sale.. most have passed the background check. Except sandy hook who killed his mother and stole them and columbine that had their girlfriend buy them , straw purchase… all these feel good laws win not stop this mass shooter world we now live in.. but then again it’s not about that… it’s about disarmament of the population
I’m tired of these tricks the goverment is trying to take our guns I for one am a law abiding citizen and I buy my guns criminals will have guns no matter what laws are passed I dont see how I should lose my rights because the crazy mentally ill do things with guns I feel sorry for the people who lose their lives to this but I am going to keep my firearms at any cost including my life
Lets vote on a bill that removes the right of Anti-gun states to enact gun laws, and prempts the laws already on the books, since it has been finnaly declared an individual right just like they did to southern states over voteing laws.
Great idea John, but sad that we have to pass laws, so that our States can’t pass unconstitutional laws. Should be a given, but not with this Supreme Court.
If they are so interested in saving lives how about putting labels on gmo foods?
Congressmen, elected to to represent the citizenry and protect our country and Constitution, are on-board with secret government lists and courts that subvert our country. For me, that makes them traitors.