Harris opposed one of the Supreme Court’s most popular decisions that polled at a 70% approval rating: the NYSRPA v Bruen decision that firmly protects the individual right to carry firearms.
Things started out badly for Democrats last night and then snowballed from there. Early returns from key districts in Florida and other eastern time zone states looked…worrisome.
The Firearms Policy Coalition has filed suit attacking three of Texas’s ‘sensitive places’ carry bans; businesses that serve alcohol, racetracks, and sporting events.
“If Trump is reelected, there’s no more White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention,” said Adzi Vokhiwa, vice president of policy at the Community Justice Action Fund, a gun violence prevention group. “I think all of that goes away.”
We’ve already conducted the experiment of what happens when we arm school teachers and staff. We’ve trained thousand upon thousands of them to be first responders.
After his initial conspicuous hesitation in backing Vice President Harris’ campaign, gun control impresario Michael Bloomberg has jumped in at the last minute to provide a financial shot in the arm over the final weeks.
Maybe the Veep should brush up on what the president is in fact allowed to do through executive actions under the Constitution while facing checks and balances as the Founding Fathers intended.
Despite grassroots advocacy by liberals, conservative resistance to gun control has deflated the issue to the point that it barely registers in the US presidential campaign.
Harris supports universal background checks, banning assault weapons, and controls on the sale of firearms. She has tried to position herself as a moderate, pointing out that both she and her running mate Tim Walz own firearms.
Giffords is only the latest example and the breathless hyperbole and hypocrisy coming out of their press releases and campaign emails makes it abundantly clear. They are hypocrites.
