{"id":132934,"date":"2020-08-24T09:44:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=132934"},"modified":"2020-08-24T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:46:36","slug":"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-24-at-9.35.57-AM-1024x500.png\" alt=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\" class=\"wp-image-132935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-24-at-9.35.57-AM-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-24-at-9.35.57-AM-400x195.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-24-at-9.35.57-AM-150x73.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-24-at-9.35.57-AM-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-24-at-9.35.57-AM.png 1412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national election is less than 80 days away. Millions of voters will head to the polls in November and cast their vote for candidates at the local, state and federal level, including for the President of the United States. Many will vote for candidates based on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/first-time-buyers-explain-why-coronavirus-drove-them-to-gun-stores-in-record-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\"><strong>new firsthand knowledge<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;regarding the critical importance of the Second Amendment and how policies affect their right, and ability, to obtain firearms and protect themselves, their families and their property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current events across the United States demonstrate why 230 years ago the Founding Fathers had the foresight to recognize why the right to keep and bear arms would still be&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/new-gun-owners-could-sway-future-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">vital<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;today. It\u2019s also why NSSF launched the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.gunvote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">#GUNVOTE<\/a><\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;campaign to help voters register to vote and encourage them to be educated about exactly where their elected officials stand on the Second Amendment. That includes the nearly 5 million recent first-time American gun owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dangerous Circumstances<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans across the country have gained a fresh recognition and a new urgency for the importance of taking their safety and self-protection into their own hands. The coronavirus pandemic struck earlier this year forcing businesses to close down, law enforcement to become stretched thin and leading to wide-spread uncertainty and worry among families and within communities. Spread of the virus spurred local officials to begin releasing criminals from jail. Many immediately began committing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/04\/19\/dozens-of-nyc-inmates-back-in-jail-after-coronavirus-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\"><strong>violent crimes<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As spring turned to summer, some elected officials declared the firearm industry and local gun stores and shooting ranges specifically \u201cnon-essential\u201d forcing them to close. Governors in a handful of states even declared statewide orders shuttering businesses. That didn\u2019t allay Americans\u2019 concerns and the buying surge continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward through the summer and riots, looting, violence and calls to \u201cDefund the Police\u201d have had a profound effect. It\u2019s no wonder law-abiding Americans of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/diversity-in-gun-ownership-nothing-new-to-firearm-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\"><strong>all backgrounds<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;minorities and women especially, continued buy firearms for self-protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anti-Second Amendment Track Record<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As Americans have watched family businesses and stores on Main Street be&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/black-activists-theyre-armed-protect-businesses-riots-looting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">destroyed<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;their elected leaders have failed to quell the violence.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/king-cuomo-should-look-in-the-mirror\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">Governors<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;rejected President Trump\u2019s administration\u2019s declaration that firearm businesses are&nbsp;<strong>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/nssf-thanks-trump-administration-for-industrys-critical-infrastructure-designation\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">essential<\/a>\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;and should remain open. Local officials tried to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/cam-e\/2020\/06\/23\/albuquerque-mayor-state-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">usurp<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;their citizens\u2019 rights by enacting laws that&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/04\/27\/846757355\/virginia-gun-range-can-reopen-governor-overstepped-his-authority-judge-rules\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">violate<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the federal level, the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives already voted on a gun control&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/27\/698512397\/house-passes-most-significant-gun-bill-in-2-decades\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\"><strong>grab bag<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that would restrict the Second Amendment and turn law-abiding Americans into felons, ignore due process under the law,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/04\/06\/fact-check-would-us-house-bill-ban-assault-weapons\/2943913001\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">ban<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;firearms that have become increasingly popular for self-defense and eliminate the rights of Americans that are simply, in fact, just the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Higher Stakes Ahead<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the election consequences for the Second Amendment couldn\u2019t be greater as Americans hold the balance of the U.S. Senate in their hands, as well as who will occupy the oval office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the upper chamber, former 2020 Democratic presidential contender billionaire Michael Bloomberg is going all out and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/23\/us\/politics\/bloomberg-guns.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">pledged<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to spend millions for more gun control. He had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/bloombergs-second-amendment-lies-on-full-display-during-fox-news-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\"><strong>his own<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u201cdo as I say, not as I do\u201d moment during the campaign, stating he deserved protection from firearms but not regular Americans. The balance of the Senate will also backstop policies from the House that infringe on the Second Amendment, but also matter for filling federal court&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/14\/ca-holds-magazine-limit-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">vacancies<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;including potential U.S. Supreme Court vacancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presidential ticket including former Vice President Joe Biden and his newly anointed running mate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have already earned the notorious banner as the most&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/biden-set-to-head-most-anti-gun-ticket-ever\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">antigun<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;presidential ticket in history. They agree on several Democratic National Committee party platform planks calling for more gun control, including a complete&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/dnc-platform-goal-end-the-firearm-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">elimination<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;of the firearm industry. Former Vice President Biden offloaded his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/30\/for-2020-democrats-veepstakes-decided-by-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\"><strong>VP search<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;process to the antigun groups Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action before landing on Sen. Harris as the one he\u2019d have literally a heartbeat away from the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don\u2019t Risk Your Rights<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On every level of government, voters get to decide whether their Second Amendment rights will be protected or infringed upon. Elections have consequences and there is no more important time than now to see the very real outcomes that November may hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSSF launched the online resource #GUNVOTE to help register and educate voters so they are informed and confident heading to the polls. Understanding the role and rights protected by the Second Amendment are as critical now as ever. Voters, including those first-time gun owners, must be informed so that on election day they don\u2019t risk their rights.<\/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=\"gunvote-critical-for-all-voters-ahead-of-november-2020\" title=\"#Gunvote Critical for All Voters Ahead of November 2020\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<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>Spread of the virus spurred local officials to begin releasing criminals from jail. 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