By: Brandon Pruitt
Meet Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Representative Joe Crowley (A Democrat from New York). A man whose integrity have been questioned by the Office of Congressional Ethics, and is no friend to gun rights advocates.
He believes that gun manufacturers should be held responsible for gun deaths (yet, no where in his background could I find similar rhetoric against GM for drunk driving…)
In fact, since first taking office, Crowley has supported every last Gun Control bill that has come across his way. And, since he’s suffered one miserable defeat after the other, he’s now taking things a step further by proclaiming that he can make “better background checks” by denying gun sales to anyone found to have a “criminal” thought.
Look, Congressman, I get it: the media has manufactured a frenzy among your uneducated Constituents. It’s too difficult to bring them up to speed on the reality of the situation, and you have pressure from your superiors to push an agenda that literally comes straight from the top: Ban Guns. More Control. No Matter The Cost.
So it doesn’t surprise me, Rep. Crowley, when you openly condemn the idea of due process for law abiding gun owners. Furthermore, I am also not surprised when you suggest the ends will justify the means, as you introduce your latest gun-grab proposition which boldly ventures into the realm of “thought police” and does so without remorse or concern.
“But what we do know is that there will be more people killed by guns and people who ought not to have those weapons because a thorough background check was not in place to make sure that people who have mental incapacity, that have terrorist thoughts, who have criminal thoughts or records, or behavior that would lead law enforcement to deny them access to those weapons – that’s what we’re looking for that’s what the American people are looking for”
Whether Representative Crowley is stating that he has developed a sort of background check that can determine an individuals intent before the sale is made, or that he has a Minority Report pre-cog hidden in his back pocket remains to be seen, but what is know, at this point, is we have another card-carrying Democrat coming up with more meaningless legislation whose publicly stated attempt is to strip you of your 2nd Amendment Rights.
And what, exactly, is a criminal thought … and who defines it? If I think that the 2nd Amendment was written to keep corrupt politicians in line… is that going to be labeled criminal? Or, what if the questions are less ambiguous, and more direct, such as: Do you plan on using this gun to harm an innocent person? Is anyone going to actually say “Yes“?
On the ATF Form 4473, it asks this question:
Are you the actual transferee/buyer of the firearm(s) listed on this form?
And how many people that check “No” to this question are sold a firearm? That’s right. None. If you answer “no” you are denied the sale, immediately. So then how does one explain the epidemic of “Straw Purchases” that take place in this country?
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 39.6% of “crime guns” are obtained through straw purchases made by family members or friends. Perhaps the check-box on the paper offers little in the way of deterring a criminal from committing a crime when the criminal knows that the Government has all but given up on prosecuting gun crime?
Interestingly enough, at June 2016’s Guns Save Life meeting in Champaign, our crowd of over 100 listened as a Champaign police detective related case after case of the local states attorney showing exactly zero interest in prosecuting these straw purchase cases from family members (mothers) or girlfriends – even cases presented up on a silver platter with perfectly admissible and freely given confessions, often on video.
The fact is, crime is here to stay. It’s a part of our society – it’s been a part of every society since the very beginning of civilization. But unlike other developed nations – the crime rate in the United States is down…more specifically, it’s way down. That’s right. An actual FACT that you won’t hear about on CNN this evening. But it’s still true: As gun sales soar, crime rate plummets. In fact, since 1991, violent crime has actually fallen an astounding 51%. You can verify that fact for yourself if you wish.
So really, it seems the only thing these Representatives should be concentrating on is how to encourage more law abiding citizens to get trained and take up arms to protect themselves and their family. If we study the actual data, and listen to the concrete facts, we can only arrive at one clear, perfectly illustrated conclusion: Where you have more law abiding gun owners, you have less crime.
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