H.R. 127 Shows How Far Anti-Gunners Will Go

Recently, when the story broke regarding Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s H.R. 127 — a gun control measure so outrageous it was called “insanity on steroids” by one grassroots gun rights group — too many people sarcastically blew it off as a non-starter.

However, don’t dismiss this bill as D.O.A. This legislation represents the ugly reality of how far Congressional anti-gunners will go to turn the Second Amendment into a train wreck.

The bill starts off with mandatory licensing of every gun owner in the United States. Here’s the actual language:

IN GENERAL — The Attorney General, through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, shall establish a system for licensing the possession of firearms or ammunition in the United States, and for the registration with the Bureau of each firearm present in the United States.

(3) DATABASE
(A) IN GENERAL — The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a database of all firearms registered pursuant to this subsection.
(B) ACCESS —The Attorney General shall make the contents of the database accessible to all members of the public, all Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities, all branches of the United States Armed Forces, and all State and local governments, as defined by the Bureau.

Anybody not understand this language? “Shall” means “you will.” And Paragraph (2), section (A) means the registration applies to every gun you own, whether you bought it years ago, or will buy it after the bill takes effect. It is retroactive.

You can read it all here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/127/text

Licensing Requires a Psych Evaluation

Just when you thought Capitol Hill anti-gunners couldn’t go lower in their descent into social bigotry, along comes the licensing requirement of H.R. 127, which automatically considers anyone who owns or wants to buy a firearm to be a potential mental case.

Under the “Requirements” section we found this in subsection:

(A) listing what one must do to secure a license to own a gun:
(II) undergoes a psychological evaluation conducted in accordance with paragraph (2), and the evaluation does not indicate that the individual is psychologically unsuited to possess a firearm.

License applicants must also “successfully complete a training course, certified by the Attorney General, in the use, safety, and storage of firearms, that includes at least 24 hours of training.”

And must get an insurance policy, which costs $800, as specified in section (d) headlined “Firearm Insurance.” It’s not clear who sells this insurance, but it’s an annual cost.

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) was hardly diplomatic in its reaction, calling H.R. 127 a “constitutionally challenged monstrosity.”

“Over the years,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a prepared statement, “we’ve seen some astonishingly bad legislation originate on Capitol Hill, but this one takes the term ‘abomination’ to an entirely new level. One look at this bill and you wonder whether Congresswoman Jackson Lee ever heard of the Bill of Rights, which includes the Second Amendment.”

Source:
https://www.ccrkba.org/ccrkba-says-jackson-lees-h-r-127-gun-control-bill-is-insanity-on-steroids/

Just for Starters

Jackson Lee’s horrid piece of legislation was just for starters.

Over on the Senate side of Capitol Hill, perennial gun grabbing Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) was telling anyone who would listen that gun control is his “top priority,” and he’s in position to make that stick. Durbin now chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he’s never kidded about this sort of thing in the past.

Watch Durbin. He’s supported a ban on standard capacity magazines. He voted against allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains. He voted against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. He was endorsed by anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety.

Source:
https://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Richard_Durbin_Gun_Control.htm

Joe Biden, Gun Salesman

If the presidency doesn’t work out for Joe Biden, he could probably land a job behind the counter of any gun shop in the United States.

Last month, according to the FBI National Instant Check System, the agency reported more than 4.8 million initiated NICS checks. The raw number reflects a 61.7% increase in the number of checks initiated during January 2020.

The adjusted figure from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) was 2,052,130, which reflects the actual number of gun sale-related NICS checks. That’s a jaw-dropping 75.2% increase over the number of such checks in January 2020.

According to NSSF’s Mark Oliva, “It can’t be discounted that many of these background checks for the purchase of a firearm are attributed to threats by the Biden administration to enact the most radical and far-reaching gun control agenda ever proposed.”

Source:
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year.pdf/view

We’ve Heard of Stupid

One of Washington State’s best-known gun shops is Yeager’s Sporting Goods in Bellingham, a city in Whatcom County, about 80 miles north from Seattle. This establishment has been around for generations. It’s a local landmark.

Imagine what might happen if somebody came in with a hammer and began trying to smash through the glass display counters, evidently posing an immediate threat to a store employee in the process.

In the Northwest, the odds of encountering an armed employee in a store where firearms are sold are somewhere between absolute and 100 percent.

According to KCPQ News, this misadventure started with a robbery at a nearby grocery. While Bellingham’s finest were responding to that incident, our hero —described as “a convicted felon who’s not allowed to own a firearm” — and a companion made their way over to Yeager’s, where (no surprise to anybody) an employee was packing hardware.

Our 37-year-old model citizen was found there, lying on the floor, with a hole in his chest where it hadn’t been 20 minutes earlier. He was taken to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, one of the best trauma centers on the West Coast. Topping this off, the getaway car was reportedly stolen.

In Northwest Washington, they still lock people up for this kind of thing. The suspect is facing charges of attempted first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and attempted theft of a firearm.

Washington has not yet made it a crime to be stupid in public, but the Legislature is currently in session, so maybe there’s hope.

Source:
https://www.q13fox.com/news/yeagers-sporting-goods-worker-shoots-would-be-robber-in-bellingham

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