No, AOC, a Time of Increasing Political Violence is Not a Good Time to Limit Individual Gun Rights
It is perverse to ask people targeted for death for their beliefs to give up their right to defend themselves.
It is perverse to ask people targeted for death for their beliefs to give up their right to defend themselves.
Once the government assumes the authority to decide which categories of people may or may not exercise a constitutional right, the door is opened for future anti-gun administrations to expand those categories.
They can’t be happy. They just can’t be.
“Prohibiting whole groups of people from owning firearms because a sick individual misused a gun to kill children is as reprehensible as restricting the rights of all law-abiding citizens because some people have committed crimes.”
When The Trace’s Mike Spies says he wants bans on all guns – including handguns – believe him. That’s what he wants. That’s the narrative he is driving.
Millions of people own me. Some own lots of me and use me regularly. I am very dangerous in the
The potential chilling effect of tying gun rights to antipsychotics should argue for robust safeguards — not paralysis. We already pause the ability to drive or operate heavy machinery for far less.
ATF isn’t an agency that’s serving the American people. It’s a political weapon used to enforce unconstitutional gun control schemes.
Much the same as the Biden administration weaponized the federal government’s power against speech it didn’t like or that opposed its agenda, they took a “whole of government” approach to rolling back Americans’ 2A rights, too.
O’Rourke might not regret his call to confiscate and ban Americans’ MSRs. At the same time, tens of millions of law-abiding MSR owners don’t regret dismissing O’Rourke or his insane ideas.