Democrats Demand Citizens Submit to Background Checks, but Prevent Same for Illegals

They invoke “gun safety” while at the same time preventing safe measures from being added to a gun bill.

What can be said when elected officials — the party that invokes gun safety and the need to rein in violent gun activity — come out against measures to step up enforcement of dangerous activity? How do you describe a party that forwards a bill on background checks for guns but battles against comprehensive reporting? What more needs to be said about politicians who target citizens rights while working to exclude illegal non-citizens from enforcement of our laws?

Welcome to the newly installed House Democrats. This is a group that has wasted little time in forming a committee to push some of its cherished legislation — gun control — and then gleefully expose themselves as hacks on the subject in almost as rapid a fashion.

At issue is House Resolution 8, which would expand background checks on all firearm sales and transfers. What is remarkable to behold however is the bill, residing in the House Judiciary Committee, was prevented from having additional strident measures applied. GOP members attempted to have amendments calling for law enforcement to be notified when a citizen fails a background check. Additionally they called for ICE to be alerted if an illegal alien attempted to purchase a weapon.

The bill is rather humorously dubbed “The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019,” the irony being that party purity has ruled. The bill is Democrat written, the Republican measures have been dismissed, and the bill passed on to a floor vote by strict party line vote.

Chairman Jerry Nadler said, “”Our country is awash in guns, and we have the shameful death toll to show for it.” Then he proceeded to strip the bill of actual law enforcement provisions to make things safer. Democrats meanwhile called the GOP amendment proposals a delay tactic. They did little to explain what the rush was to push forward the bill, nor how adding stricter reporting methods was a hindrance.

The recent shooter in Aurora, IL was discovered to have obtained a weapon that he should have been prevented from purchasing. The failure of proper reporting of background details of potentially troublesome individuals has been a recurring issue in recent years. The Democrats just fought to prevent measures that would improve these very activities, all while insisting gun safety is their primary concern.

Possibly most galling is the blocking of reporting illegal resident attempts at purchasing a firearm. Democratic opposition to ICE is so strident that they will allow these illegal attempts to go unreported, all while calling for restrictions on the freedoms of American citizens.

The saving grace amid this level of lunacy is that this bill stands little chance of passing the GOP-controlled Senate. Meanwhile there is ample evidence now revealing how extensive it is that Democrats are far more interested in limiting the rights of gun ownership than they are in making conditions safer for citizens.

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