Pushing Gun Control Bills Without Debate Or Delay

Aaron Spuler is a firearms enthusiast and recreational shooter. Follow more or his work at The Weapon Blog

Gun control groups are downright ecstatic with Congress’s opening salvo against law-abiding gun owners. It’s not because anything Congress is proposing would actually stop criminal misuse of firearms. It’s because, for them, it’s just the beginning.

That’s their words. Not ours.

U.S. Rep Mike Thompson, D-Calif., introduced H.R. 8 — the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 — that would criminalize the private transfer of firearms between law-abiding gun owners. A companion bill, S. 529, was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., although “bipartisan” might be misleading.

At introduction, just three Republicans signed on to co-sponsor S. 529. This was soon to be joined by the introduction of H.R. 1446 by Democratic Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., whose the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 would extend background check delay periods to up to 30 days and put the onus on law-abiding citizens to prove their innocence to the government.

The government wouldn’t be so brazen as to require a citizen to prove he or she can exercise a constitutional right if it were any other fundamental civil liberty. Imagine having to get the government’s permission before you could call your elected officials to oppose legislation. Yet, Clyburn told NPR his legislation “is a good first step.”

Read the rest of the article: https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/09/democrats-to-push-extremist-gun-control-bills-today-without-even-a-debate/