By: TYLER YZAGUIRRE, Second Amendment Institute
Published: Monday, January 11, 2021
Radical Democrats on Capitol Hill have no problem pushing gun control bills now that they control the House and have the tie-splitting vote (Kamala Harris) in the Senate.
For the past four years, they knew their gun control efforts would go nowhere, but now the gloves are off, and they’re ready to launch a full-fledged assault on our Second Amendment rights.
Bills introduced in the new Congress as of today include:
H.R. 121 - To provide for the hiring of 200 additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents and investigators to enforce gun laws. - Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, (D-TX-18)
H.R. 125 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for a 7-day waiting period before a semiautomatic firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammunition magazine may be transferred. - Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, (D-TX-18)
H.R. 127 - To provide for the licensing of firearm and ammunition possession and the registration of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition. - Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, (D-TX-18)
H.R. 130 - To require the safe storage of firearms and ammunition, and to require the investigation of reports of improper storage of firearms or ammunition. - Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, (D-TX-18)
H.R. 167 - To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer. - Rep. Al Green (D-TX-9)
It seems like Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee has a special hatred for law-abiding gun owners, like you and me.
This is just the beginning of what is to come over the next two years while the radical left controls the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.
On his website, Joe Biden boasts of gun control measures he “promises to enact” while President.
These measures include:
Ban AR-15s
Ban high capacity magazines (10+)
Mandatory regsitration of long-guns and $200 fee for each
Limit the number of firearms you can purchase per month to one
Universal background checks
Federalize Red Flag Laws
Incentivize states to enact firearm purchase licenses
Safe storage law
These measures are beyond unconstitutional. If you’d like to see it on Joe Biden’s website for yourself: Here it is.
Make no mistake, these tyrannical gun-grabbers know exactly what they’re doing. They’re fully aware of the DC v. Heller decision (2008) in which the United States Supreme Court ruled the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms; they’re aware there have been dozens of circuit decisions supporting Heller and expanding gun rights since 2008.
They do not care.
Remember, gun control isn’t about saving American lives, it’s about control. By disarming the citizenry and having control over them, they’re unstoppable.
Will it get to the point of Nazi Germany, or socialist Venezuela where the government is killing citizens? No.
But will it get worse? Absolutely.
If Joe Biden and the radical Democrats continue to get their way and slowly chip away at our Second Amendment rights, eventually there won’t be a Second Amendment anymore. It will get to the point where purchasing a firearm is nearly impossible.
The COVID pandemic gave us a glimpse as to what that would be like:
“Gun shop sues New York State due to COVID-19 regulations”
“Gun license delays prompt lawsuit, legislation”
“Joe Biden's pick for surgeon general once declared gun control as a health care issue”
All in all, the radical Democrats want nothing more than to disarm and punish law-abiding citizens simply because they want control over citizens. Our country was founded on a pro-gun belief system and that citizens had the right to defend themselves, loved ones, and property.
As the late Justice Antonin Scalia authored it so brilliantly in Heller:
The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.