Using Violence as a Smokescreen, Biden Targets Law-abiding Gun Owners

Biden’s bombast and planned bans: Joe Biden and the Democrats want to make buying guns and ammunition expensive and difficult, but studies show that despite restrictions, criminals still get guns. So the moves are not about gun safety, but removing rights. (Photo credit: flicker/Gage Skidmore)

Item: A release dated March 4 by “Everytown for Gun Safety,” dealing with “Requiring Background Checks for All Gun Sales,” declares: “With the inauguration of President Joseph Biden and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, gun violence prevention legislation has a real opportunity to become law for the first time in nearly a decade.” The group calls itself “the largest team of litigators in the country dedicated to advancing gun safety in the courts and through the civil and criminal justice systems.”

Item: Gail Collins, writing in the New York Times print edition for February 25, (“Ready to Nag About Gun Control?”) puts pressure on President Biden because he “promised to tackle it on ‘my first day in office,’” but didn’t do so.  The opinion columnist offers what she clearly considers to be a clever stipulation as a “starting point” — namely, “Demand that nobody be able to purchase a gun without passing a test demonstrating she knows how to aim it.”

Item: Politico for February 23 reported: “The White House is weighing a number of gun safety proposals as it looks to deliver on President Joe Biden’s campaign promises.... Among the executive actions under consideration by the administration is one that would require buyers of so-called ghost guns — homemade or makeshift firearms that lack serial numbers — to undergo background checks.”

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