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October 1, 2020What can a President of the United States really do in relation to gun control? How can Presidential powers impact various elements of private gun ownership, gun and ammo manufacturing, and other aspects related to the Second Amendment? Today we begin a four-part series examining this issue beginning with what the two leading PresidentiAL candidates have done and said they will do on gun control.
We start with Democrat Presidential nominee Joe Biden and follow up next week with President Donald Trump.
Biden is making gun control a major part of his campaign including wanting to ban online gun and ammo sales and regulate everything from magazine capacity to “assault weapons”.
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The following are unedited quotes taken directly from Joebiden.com, the official website of his presidential candidacy.
His Official Gun-Control Past
Joe Biden has taken on the National Rifle Association (NRA) on the national stage and won – twice. In 1993, he shepherded through Congress the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which established the background check system that has since kept more than 3 million firearms out of dangerous hands. In 1994, Biden – along with Senator Dianne Feinstein – secured the passage of 10-year bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. As president, Joe Biden will defeat the NRA again.
His Official Gun Control Plan
As president, Biden will:
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Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Federal law prevents hunters from hunting migratory game birds with more than three shells in their shotgun. That means our federal law does more to protect ducks than children. It’s wrong. Joe Biden will enact legislation to once again ban assault weapons. This time, the bans will be designed based on lessons learned from the 1994 bans. For example, the ban on assault weapons will be designed to prevent manufacturers from circumventing the law by making minor changes that don’t limit the weapon’s lethality. While working to pass this legislation, Biden will also use his executive authority to ban the importation of assault weapons.
- Regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act. Currently, the National Firearms Act requires individuals possessing machine-guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles to undergo a background check and register those weapons with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Due to these requirements, such weapons are rarely used in crimes. As president, Biden will pursue legislation to regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act.
- Buy back the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines already in our communities. Biden will also institute a program to buy back weapons of war currently on our streets. This will give individuals who now possess assault weapons or high-capacity magazines two options: sell the weapons to the government, or register them under the National Firearms Act.
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Reduce stockpiling of weapons. In order to reduce the stockpiling of firearms, Biden supports legislation restricting the number of firearms an individual may purchase per month to one.
Biden also plans to impact online gun and ammo sales.
End the online sale of firearms and ammunitions. Biden will enact legislation to prohibit all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts.
Again, these are all direct quotes from Joebiden.com, his official website.
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Texas Fish & Game will also be reporting on President Trump’s positions in the coming weeks and more on Biden as the election season unfolds.
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In 1960 I was seven years old. I duck hunted and had a single shot, bolt action .410 shotgun. Other than my country relatives I did not know of anyone my age who had a gun. Most adults did not have anything more than a shotgun. I did not know anyone who owned a pistol. There were no mass murders and almost no violence that involved weapons.
Fast forward to 2020 where Columbine, Sandy Hook and Vegas are dimming memories that have numbed the collective conscious to hardly blink when the next mass killing occurs. Go to Lowes on the weekend and see how many walk around in the lumber section displaying open carry. Boogaloo Bois, Proud Boys and NFAC carry AR and AK platform long guns while exercising their 1st Amendment rights? Each year there are betting pools on which American city will get the title of Murder Capital.
Tell me again why we need to make more weapons more easily available with more lethality built in. The second Amendment is not absolute. Reasonable restraint is part of the historical jurisprudence of our country.
Once again, 2A is not about hunting. In years past you did not have gun violence in school. When I was in high school we carried guns to school keeping them on our gun rack (this was in the city). No one ever thought of shooting someone with it. Mass shootings or killings are an issue far beyond guns. Quit already and let’s go solve the real problems in our society. If you think guns or any weapon are the issue then you are lazy and not willing to solve the problem.
Once again, 2A is for self-defense. It is so you can defend yourself from harm to include tyranny from the powerful and the government. This is the history of it. As one of our founding fathers said, “you come to my door with a musket, I meet you with a musket”.
The second Amendment is absolute. The founding fathers would not agree with where our rules and regulations would be today.
This is where we stop. Enough already. This is the line in the sand. NO MORE REGULATIONS OR CONFISCATIONS. If you get this you will use the same logic to get rid of all pistols or something else. This is exactly what was done in Britain. You will continually take away rights until they are gone.
No I am not a member of a militia or other group. I am a citizen of the U.S. born and raised in Texas. I have had a CHL since since the program stated in Texas. I conceal carry everywhere I can legally do so almost all the time. I feel it is my duty as someone carrying a “good guy card” (CHL Licence), that I need to be prepared to protect my family, friends and even you. You may have passed my on the street or in a store. Sat by me in a restaurant. In all cases you never knew I was prepared to defend you. I own semi-automatic pistols and ARs. I am a responsible gun owner and have taught my children the same.
Enough all ready with this logic about what you think I need.
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I did not equate or limit the 2nd to hunting. I too have a CHL. That is a “restriction” and a reasonable restraint on the 2nd. It is a reasonable accommodation. Frankly, I would rather know fellow citizens have passed some level of scrutiny and proficiency, even if it is minimal at best, than argue the absolutist position that anyone who has the money can walk around with pistols.
I disagree that the 2nd is absolute. An absolute position would allow all to posses fully auto weapons, grenades, LAW/RPG’s, Abram’s, F-16’s and suitcase nukes. The freedoms of speech and assembly are 1st for a reason; they are the most important for the preservation of a free society and the most important to our democratic republic form of government. There have been multiple instances of impingement on the 1st; prohibition of publishing shipping schedules, shouting fire in a theater, defamatory speech, etc. The 2nd is no more sacred than the 1st.
My argument is that as an evolving society we must consider, discuss and, when needed, institute appropriate measures for the protection of citizens while still paying respect to the Amendments and the original intent of the framers recognizing the context of the time when they created the Bill of Rights.
Just because we have not found a cure for the illness does not mean we cannot treat the symptoms.
JM with all due respect your argument/explanation is in line with those who want to take our 2nd amendment rights away. They know they can’t do this with just one law or with one stroke of a pen, but with many, many slight infringements Over a long period of time. Your thinking is part of the problem. The analogy of “treating the symptoms” is a false narrative. Also it’s ridiculous to purport that the 2nd amendment would allow us to possess “Abram’s, F-16’s and suitcase nukes.” Really? C’mon man.
One could argue this until the cows come home but the fact is, no one hunted with assault style rifles when I was a kid and plenty of game was taken with a bolt action or low capacity semi auto.
Those that want to own AR’s and AK’s etc. simply have a weak argument beyond simply wanting one. I have no issue with allowing them as long as extensive background checks are required and one could reasonably believe the owner has been properly vetted.
We all know society is changing and our politics are divided as ever. We need to be calm and stay the course making training and education as important as background checks. People will find a way to kill or harm with or with out guns and having high capacity firearms only makes it that much easier. So let’s all calm down and educate everyone one just what this all means. It infuriates me when an uneducated inexperience person who doesn’t know the difference between a shotgun or rifle is passing judgement and or laws. Getting mad is not the answer, let cooler heads prevail and all agree on how best to protect the American people and promote that platform. This will be contentious and not everyone will be happy in the end but the goal is to make our society a safer place.
A few suggestions:
Extensive background checks with all purchases.
Minimum age limit with all purchases.
In depth training courses prior to being able to purchase any weapon and student must have proficient skill to handle all types of weapons. Real written testing and target score based skill tests.
Just like FFL licensing owner must obtain same protocol with each class of weapon purchase and clarify the AR / assault style weapons. This must be done prior to ownership.
Limit magazines to 10 rounds with class 1, and increase capacity with each higher class.
These are just a few suggestions and with some work and open discussion I trust a plan could be written to make real change and not some half brained reaction.
Maybe it’s just me trying to be overly optimistic but I believe it is possible to find an answer but in order to do so everyone has to check their emotion at the door and be willing to sit and listen to each other first.