Forgive my spelling and grammar, it's late.
For once, let's take a hard look at what we really stand to lose this year. Feinstein's bill really has no chance of being successful, much less even being brought to a vote. Various lawmakers such as McCarthy are attacking standard capacity "Assault Magazines" but there is little logic in their argument and Democrats have nothing to gain by voting for it, but everything to lose when it comes to losing seats in the house and senate. The same case can be made for online ammunition sales. It is all just lose-lose legislation. So, what is our weakness? Where is our Achilles Heal? Our weakness is private firearm sales or rather, "The Gunshow Loophole" you hear all the liberals whining about ad nauseum. Although none of the gun grabbers can point to a single case where any of these evil "Assault Rifles" were bought in private sales and used in a crime, theoretically, it could happen. President Obama himself has included this in his Gun Control "To-Do-List" when responding to a White House petition he stated that "making sure criminals can't take advantage of legal loopholes to get their hands on a gun" is a priority.
Democrats have good memories. They remember the bloodbath that occurred after the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and are loathe to sacrifice any more seats on the the Altar of Gun Control. However, passing legislation that requires a federal background check anytime a firearm changes hands? Ensuring that these tools of death and destruction don't fall into the wrong hands? That's just the type of bipartisan, compromising, feel good legislation that any politician can get behind. You already have to pass a background check to buy a new firearm. Why shouldn't that apply to a person you are selling one to? It sounds good on the surface, right? It's even difficult for gun owners to argue, in fact I have heard several gun owners say, "well it won't be that bad if that's all they do." Here is the rub, not many gun owners have thought this through.
Private sales are not contributing to gun violence, it is just not a problem. So if it is not a problem, why are the gun grabbers so hot to fix it? The reason why is because before they are able to pass laws to ban firearms, they must first know who has what and how many. If you eliminate private sales and insist that a federal background check is performed every time a firearm changes hands, you have just created a de facto firearm registration. In a few years, as firearms change hands, they will be able to trace almost all firearms back to who had it last and who has it now. Coupled with a law to make it mandatory for a firearms owner to report lost or stolen firearms, suddenly that argument that "I lost them all in a boating accident" just doesn't hold water. It implements a backdoor firearm registration and it brings them one step closer to being able to confiscate them.
Your elected representatives may hold true when it comes to outright bans of firearms or magazines but will they toe the line when it comes to protecting private sales? It is time to let them know that compromising on ANY new gun control legislation will cost them their seat in Washington. It is time to let them know that we are not here to compromise on anything, that we have already compromised our rights enough.
Gentlemen, now is not a time to talk about compromise and show weakness to these people who would take our rights if given half a chance. We need to let them know that we are here to fight. They need to know that we intend to fight them tooth and nail until hell freezes over, then chase them back to hell and fight them on the goddamned ice.
You aren't in this fight unless you contact your representatives and POLITELY let them know that if they still want a chair when the music stops, they MUST VOTE NO on any new gun control legislation.
For once, let's take a hard look at what we really stand to lose this year. Feinstein's bill really has no chance of being successful, much less even being brought to a vote. Various lawmakers such as McCarthy are attacking standard capacity "Assault Magazines" but there is little logic in their argument and Democrats have nothing to gain by voting for it, but everything to lose when it comes to losing seats in the house and senate. The same case can be made for online ammunition sales. It is all just lose-lose legislation. So, what is our weakness? Where is our Achilles Heal? Our weakness is private firearm sales or rather, "The Gunshow Loophole" you hear all the liberals whining about ad nauseum. Although none of the gun grabbers can point to a single case where any of these evil "Assault Rifles" were bought in private sales and used in a crime, theoretically, it could happen. President Obama himself has included this in his Gun Control "To-Do-List" when responding to a White House petition he stated that "making sure criminals can't take advantage of legal loopholes to get their hands on a gun" is a priority.
Democrats have good memories. They remember the bloodbath that occurred after the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and are loathe to sacrifice any more seats on the the Altar of Gun Control. However, passing legislation that requires a federal background check anytime a firearm changes hands? Ensuring that these tools of death and destruction don't fall into the wrong hands? That's just the type of bipartisan, compromising, feel good legislation that any politician can get behind. You already have to pass a background check to buy a new firearm. Why shouldn't that apply to a person you are selling one to? It sounds good on the surface, right? It's even difficult for gun owners to argue, in fact I have heard several gun owners say, "well it won't be that bad if that's all they do." Here is the rub, not many gun owners have thought this through.
Private sales are not contributing to gun violence, it is just not a problem. So if it is not a problem, why are the gun grabbers so hot to fix it? The reason why is because before they are able to pass laws to ban firearms, they must first know who has what and how many. If you eliminate private sales and insist that a federal background check is performed every time a firearm changes hands, you have just created a de facto firearm registration. In a few years, as firearms change hands, they will be able to trace almost all firearms back to who had it last and who has it now. Coupled with a law to make it mandatory for a firearms owner to report lost or stolen firearms, suddenly that argument that "I lost them all in a boating accident" just doesn't hold water. It implements a backdoor firearm registration and it brings them one step closer to being able to confiscate them.
Your elected representatives may hold true when it comes to outright bans of firearms or magazines but will they toe the line when it comes to protecting private sales? It is time to let them know that compromising on ANY new gun control legislation will cost them their seat in Washington. It is time to let them know that we are not here to compromise on anything, that we have already compromised our rights enough.
Gentlemen, now is not a time to talk about compromise and show weakness to these people who would take our rights if given half a chance. We need to let them know that we are here to fight. They need to know that we intend to fight them tooth and nail until hell freezes over, then chase them back to hell and fight them on the goddamned ice.
You aren't in this fight unless you contact your representatives and POLITELY let them know that if they still want a chair when the music stops, they MUST VOTE NO on any new gun control legislation.
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