Democrats' devious gun control measure
Democrats
want to block terrorists in America from being able to buy guns. At
least that’s what they say their new measure is all about. The AP reports:
Wow. I have to hand it to the Democrats. They’ve devised a strategy that combines gun control, faux window dressing concern about national security, and the likely targeting of law abiding American citizens who might wind up on The List.
Congressional Democrats are trying to build support for an effort to bar gun purchases by terror suspects, hoping to take advantage of the same public anxieties about security that gave Republicans a ringing House victory.Do you see the glaring problem here? The attorney general would make a list based on data the government already has amassed. Or, potentially, based on anything else for that matter. Perhaps the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of troublesome people would serve as a guide. Who knows? Bottom line, if your name appeared on that mysterious list (intentionally or unintentionally due to errors, which routinely occur), then you would be unable to buy a gun.
The Democratic push seems likely to fall victim to opposition from the National Rifle Association and congressional gun-rights backers, chiefly Republicans, who have smothered firearms curbs for years. If the Republicans who control Congress block votes on the proposal, Democrats hope to profit politically by winning sympathy from angry voters.
"By leaving this terrorist loophole open, Republicans are leaving every community in America vulnerable to attacks by terrorists armed with assault rifles and explosives purchased legally, in broad daylight," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday in a written statement.
The bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would have the attorney general compile names of known and suspected terrorists, likely drawing from huge lists the government already keeps. Federally licensed gun dealers would be barred from selling firearms to people on that list if government officials believed they planned to use the weapons for terrorism.
Wow. I have to hand it to the Democrats. They’ve devised a strategy that combines gun control, faux window dressing concern about national security, and the likely targeting of law abiding American citizens who might wind up on The List.
NRA
spokeswoman Jennifer Baker noted that there have been numerous
instances of innocent people mistakenly added to terror lists. She also
accused Democrats of trying to take advantage of heightened public alarm
following last week's attacks in Paris, which claimed at least 130
lives and for which the Islamic State, which has also threatened the
U.S., has claimed responsibility.
"It
is appalling that anti-gun politicians are exploiting the Paris
terrorist attacks to push their gun-control agenda and distract from
President Obama's failed foreign policy," Baker said.
Feinstein's
measure echoes legislation that the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.,
proposed repeatedly over the last decade and that Rep. Peter King,
R-N.Y., has long pushed. None of those measures has ever received a
vote.
Feinstein
introduced her bill in February. But last week's mass killings in Paris
have injected new life into terrorism and public safety as top-tier
political issues.
The
left never sleeps. Their drive toward fascism is constant. It seeks any
and all avenues of expression. This is just the latest. Stay tuned.
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