{"id":51899,"date":"2016-01-27T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=51899"},"modified":"2016-01-27T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T09:21:08","slug":"massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite things to do at SHOT Show 2016 is to catch up with friends, and the people I look up to. Well, I\u2019m not sure if I know firearms and self-defense expert Massad Ayoob well enough to call him a friend (interviewer Jon Hodoway certainly does), but I definitely admire Mas. His positive impact on the firearms community cannot be overstated. And every time he speaks I learn something new.<\/p>\n<p>Jon got the opportunity to ask Mas several timely and important questions on where the gun-grabbers are making progress to restrict Second Amendment rights, on the ramifications of universal background checks and on the best way to vet presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big change we\u2019re seeing recently is the attack moving to the state level, the grassroots level,\u201d noted Mas, while responding to Jon\u2019s first question. \u201cThe other side knows that\u2019s where we have been most successful at getting our rights back, pretty much the same way they were taken away from us one piece at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re pushing now at the state level for the universal background checks, and the reason they\u2019re finding that so sailable is they can say that it\u2019s simple, common sense, you should have a background check and know who you\u2019re selling a gun to,\u201d continued Mas.<\/p>\n<p>Public support for background checks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/texas\/statements\/2015\/oct\/05\/jeremy-bird\/jeremy-bird-says-90-percent-americans-want-mandato\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016\" title=\"Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains high<\/a>, and Everytown for Gun Safety, among other gun-control organizations, have had success pushing universal background check legislation, recently in Washington and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/its-official-oregon-governor-signs-background-check-bill-into-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016\" title=\"Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNine-hundred ninety-nine out of 1000 voters are just going to hear background check, and think that makes sense to me, and not realize that the way these laws are written, you lend your rifle to your brother to go deer hunting for the weekend and the two of you have just become criminals,\u201d said Mas.<\/p>\n<p>Mas gave one startling example of how universal background checks can backfire when it comes to helping individuals with suicidal ideations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things that the universal background check is going to prevent is programs like the one in New Hampshire, implemented by the New Hampshire Firearms Safety Council, which is essentially public service announcements that say, \u2018If you have a friend who is depressed, expressing self-destruction ideations, offer to keep his guns for awhile until he\u2019s feeling better.\u2019 That would not be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mas\u2019s point is that one is going to be reluctant to give a friend his guns if he has to go through a background check, thus publicly admitting he is struggling with mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>As far as knowing how to tell a pro-Constitution candidate versus one who is simply paying lip-service to the constituency, Mas had a very insightful remark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople like us in the pro-gun movement are seen as one-issue voters and supposedly that\u2019s a sign of shallow intellect,\u201d said Mas. \u201cI call it litmus test voters. None of us can be experts on everything from oil shale to global warming to crime control. But every one of us is familiar with at least one major issue and that\u2019s our test to see whether that candidate triggers our bullshit alert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mas goes on to say that if one is being disingenuous on one issue, chances are one is being disingenuous on other issues as well. Makes sense, right? If a candidate doesn\u2019t respect the right to keep and bear arms, then that candidate doesn\u2019t respect our other Constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Big thanks to Mas for taking the time to talk with us at SHOT Show 2016. It&#8217;s always a pleasure. You can check out our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/firearms-self-defense-expert-massad-ayoob-answers-five-essential-questions-shot-show-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016\" title=\"Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> interview from last year\u2019s SHOT Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massad Ayoob chats with us about the pernicious ramifications of universal background checks and the best way to vet a presidential candidate.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":51900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,242,216,486,240],"tags":[132,122,488],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-interviews","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-shot-show-2016","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-r2kba","14":"tag-shot-show-2016"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016 -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massad Ayoob on the Ramifications of Universal Background Checks \u2014 SHOT Show 2016\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Massad Ayoob chats with us about the pernicious ramifications of universal background checks and the best way to vet a presidential candidate.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/massad-ayoob-on-the-ramifications-of-universal-background-checks-shot-show-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-27T15:41:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T09:21:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MasAyoob.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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