SECOND AMENDMENT INSTITUTE
MARCH 1, 2021
One of our most famous Founding Fathers put it quite simply: “No free man shall ever be disbarred the use of arms.” – Thomas Jefferson.
The Founding Fathers understood the importance of the People, not the Militia, being armed.
Yet members of the radical left have turned their back on our nation’s Founding Fathers and have strayed from their command that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
The following gun control bills have been introduced in the 117th Congress so far:
H.R.121 - Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2021 – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX-18: To provide for the hiring of 200 additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and investigators to enforce gun laws.
H.R.125 - Gun Safety: Not Sorry Act of 2021 - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX-18: 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.
H.R.127 - Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX-18: To provide for the licensing of firearm and ammunition possession and the registration of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition.
H.R.130 - Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX-18: To require the safe storage of firearms and ammunition, and to require the investigation of reports of improper storage of firearms or ammunition.
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: To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
H.R.545 - No Congressional Gun Loophole Act – Rep. Jared Huffman D-CA-2: To amend title 40, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their employees from carrying firearms in the Capitol building, and for other purposes.
H.R.825 - Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021 – Rep. Carolyn Maloney D-NY-12: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
H.R.882 - Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act – Rep. Robin Kelly D-IL-2: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.
H.R.1004 - To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage. – Rep. Carolyn Maloney D-NY-12.
H.R.1446 - Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 - Rep. James Clyburn D-SC-6: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.
As patriotic, law-abiding citizens, we know that these gun control bills have nothing to do with keeping America safe. They’re all about control.
We’re coming to the point in America – the land of the free, innocent until proven guilty – where gun control plans like listed above, are now normalized.
Over one dozen states have red flag laws on the book, which allow police to seize your firearms without due process. It’s to the point where our country no longer accepts the standard of innocent until proven guilty, but guilty until proven innocent.
Joseph Stalin once said: “If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.”
And unfortunately, if the radical left continues to get its way, on the federal and state level, that’s where we’ll end up.
Congress is going down the anti-Second Amendment path, and so is the White House. Recently, Joe Biden has made his plans clear:
“This Administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed that call. We will take action to end our epidemic of gun violence and make our schools and communities safer. Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets. We owe it to all those we’ve lost and to all those left behind to grieve to make a change. The time to act is now.”
Joe Biden and his minions in Congress are no friends of the Second Amendment. They want to be able to control We the People.
They should try picking up a history book and remind themselves of what happened the last time a tyrannical government tried to control We the People.