Congress is back in session and Speaker Pelosi has three gun control bills queued up. These bills are NOT GOOD for gun owners and our liberties. The following guidance comes from Heritage Action for America (https://heritageaction.com/), the political action organization associated with the national, conservative policy group Heritage Foundation.
"Second Amendment. This week, Democrats will begin “marking up” three gun-control bills in the House Judiciary Committee. Heritage Action is opposed to all three bills as they unnecessarily restrict Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
- HR 1186 - Restricts Americans’ ownership of magazines of certain capacities, with exemptions for law enforcement and government agencies.
- HR 2078 - Individuals who have been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime would be prohibited from owning firearms. Currently, the law prohibits individuals who have committed felonies from owning firearms—this is the appropriate and correct standard.
- HR 1236 - This bill falls under the category of “red-flag laws” and allows law-enforcement to confiscate individuals’ firearms when other individuals report them as a danger or threat. There is some broader nuance on the general idea of red-flag laws, but there is no nuance on this bill. It’s a far-left bill that does not provide adequate due-process protections."
All conservatives, liberty-minded Americans, and gun owners must contact your Congressman, your Senators, and the White House to tell them that you oppose these three bills.
White House contact: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Senator Cornyn contact: https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact
Senator Cruz contact: https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
U. S. Congress contact: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
There are solutions to gun violence that do not abridge your constitutionally guaranteed rights to due process and gun ownership. For liberty-minded solutions see yesterday's blog entry: https://travis-outrider.blogspot.com/2019/09/do-something-we-can-address-gun.html.
