{"id":114646,"date":"2019-08-26T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=114646"},"modified":"2019-08-26T11:36:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:48:33","slug":"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PossibleModificationsARNSSF-1024x567.png\" alt=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\" class=\"wp-image-114647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PossibleModificationsARNSSF-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PossibleModificationsARNSSF-150x83.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PossibleModificationsARNSSF-400x222.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PossibleModificationsARNSSF-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PossibleModificationsARNSSF.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the argument surrounding gun control and the Second Amendment occupies daily space in the mainstream media, anti-gun zealots must resort to increasingly outlandish claims in order to get the attention they seek. Most recently, U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.)&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1162512567966867457?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\">compared<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the current campaign to force new gun restrictions through Congress to efforts by some state and local governments to ban plastic straws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soda-Straw View<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with CNN, Rep. Richmond said \u201cwe have cities that are banning plastic straws, and we can\u2019t ban assault weapons? That just doesn\u2019t make sense to me.\u201d What really doesn\u2019t make sense to me, is how a four-term Congressman fails to understand the difference discretionary use of a drinking straw and a constitutionally protected right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A city like San Francisco, for instance, which&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/society\/single-use-plastic-restriction-goes-into-effect-in-sf\/5373553\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\">banned<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;plastic straws starting last month, is made up of less than 800,000 people. It\u2019s also one of the most liberal cities in America. It comes as a shock to no one that a proposal to ban plastic straws on the grounds of environmental protection would easily pass into law. Obviously, it will be and should be more difficult to pass federal laws affecting all 327.2 million Americans, 53% of whom say they live in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2018\/12\/27\/facts-about-guns-in-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\"><strong>gun-owning household<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Right to Bear\u2026 Straws?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti-gun politicians like Rep. Richmond seem to forget the right to keep and bear arms is included in the Bill of Rights, alongside the right to free speech, a free press and freedom to exercise religion. The landmark\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/07pdf\/07-290.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\"><strong>2008<em> Heller <\/em>decision<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0upheld keeping and bearing arms as an individual right protected by the Second Amendment. The founders of this country entrusted its citizens with the right to keep and bear arms, but nowhere does it discuss the right for Americans to keep their plastic straws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banning straws in uber-liberal enclaves like San Francisco might be trendy, but Rep. Richmond is also failing to consider that not all his fellow members of Congress or U.S. senators think rights should be so easily voted away. There are members of Congress who respect the voting power of the tens of millions of gun owners who protect their Second Amendment rights at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ridiculousness of this isn\u2019t just the fallacy of the comparison. Comparing a modern, plastic amenity to a Constitutional Right is not only insulting to America\u2019s gun owners but also occupies space in the national conversation that could instead be focused on real solutions that can save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serious Debate. Real Solutions.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The firearms industry knows about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssfrealsolutions.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\"><strong>Real Solutions<\/strong><\/a><sup>SM<\/sup>. &nbsp;We\u2019re the ones who brought the idea of an instant background check at the retail gun counter to reality. We\u2019re the ones who worked to improve the background checks through our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixnics.org\/#&amp;panel1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\">FixNICS<\/a><\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;program and efforts to prevent illegal straw purchases with our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontlie.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\"><strong>Don\u2019t Lie for the Other Guy<\/strong><\/a><sup>TM<\/sup>&nbsp;campaign with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). We also partner with ATF in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/operationsecurestore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\"><strong>Operation Secure Store<\/strong><\/a><sup>SM<\/sup>&nbsp;to prevent criminals from stealing firearms. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectchildsafe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\"><strong>Project Childsafe<\/strong><\/a><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;program has supplied firearms safety kits completely with free gun locks to 15,000 police departments for community distribution. The latest figure is over 38 million free kits and counting. We also partnered with the largest suicide prevention program in the nation to provide ranges, retailers and those who frequent them the resources to intervene before a crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solutions like these, where all stakeholders can find common ground, can save American lives but the public doesn\u2019t get to hear about them because the media spends its time covering ridiculous hyperbole by legislators like Rep. Richmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane&nbsp;<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-house-dems-focus-on-straws-not-solutions\" title=\"NSSF: House Dems Focus on Straws, Not Solutions\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with CNN, Rep. Richmond said \u201cwe have cities that are banning plastic straws, and we can\u2019t ban assault weapons? 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