Delay impeachment and move ahead at full speed with their set of proposed federal anti-gun laws (that forcibly disarm law-abiding Americans, to one degree or another, and restrict our inalienable right to self-defense).
Move forward with impeachment (over a nothingburger), which jeopardizes own their efforts to forcibly disarm their fellow citizens.
They chose 2. The left has revealed that it’s more interested in pursuing their Orange Man Bad Must Get Rid Of Orange Man Bad fantasies then advancing their stated policy goals. Remember this the next time the left screams: “How many more Americans have to die in mass shootings before we have effective gun control?”
BTW this development should be seen as good news for gun owners. See this article from this morning about what the president has been saying:
“She’s not interested in guns,” [President Trump] said Wednesday at the United Nations. “Nancy Pelosi is not interested in guns and gun protection [or] gun safety.”
On Wednesday afternoon, during a press briefing at the UN, Trump turned to Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, “who I’ve been dealing with on guns.” Murphy’s now “too busy wasting time on the witch hunt” to legislate, Trump said.
On Thursday, Trump shouted on the tarmac of Andrews Air Force Base: “We can’t talk about gun regulation, we can’t talk about anything.”
President Trump seems to be aware that without gun owners, he would not have been elected last time, and without gun owners, he has no chance of being re-elected next time.
But he can be wishy-washy on the Second Amendment: look at his bump stock ban by regulatory fiat, and the lack of national reciprocity even when the Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress.
The threat of impeachment tilts him back to the side of the angels.
With the exception of Trump’s judicial appointments—they appear to typically be sound on gun rights—this is, sadly, not a White House that has proven itself to be a reliable champion of American gun owners.
I think I’d be a bit less harsh today. But only a little.
Democrats had two obvious choices:
Delay impeachment and move ahead at full speed with their set of proposed federal anti-gun laws (that forcibly disarm law-abiding Americans, to one degree or another, and restrict our inalienable right to self-defense).
Move forward with impeachment (over a nothingburger), which jeopardizes own their efforts to forcibly disarm their fellow citizens.
They chose 2. The left has revealed that it’s more interested in pursuing their Orange Man Bad Must Get Rid Of Orange Man Bad fantasies then advancing their stated policy goals. Remember this the next time the left screams: “How many more Americans have to die in mass shootings before we have effective gun control?”
BTW this development should be seen as good news for gun owners. See this article from this morning about what the president has been saying:
President Trump seems to be aware that without gun owners, he would not have been elected last time, and without gun owners, he has no chance of being re-elected next time.
But he can be wishy-washy on the Second Amendment: look at his bump stock ban by regulatory fiat, and the lack of national reciprocity even when the Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress.
The threat of impeachment tilts him back to the side of the angels.
I wrote this article last year for Reason:
I think I’d be a bit less harsh today. But only a little.