One way to tell what people really want is to see how they react when you change a situation. And Democrats are in a panic about Donald Trump’s appointments to positions in the Executive Branch.
They freaked out over several of Trump’s appointments. Now, they are continuing to panic over who Trump placed in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. And we should be paying attention. Mark Chesnut writes,
After 14 Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to remove Kash Patel, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), from his leadership post, one gun rights group is leading the resistance to the request.
On March 3, the anti-gun lawmakers, calling themselves the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, sent the letter to President Trump, spouting lies early in the correspondence.
“At a time when gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teenagers in the United States, it is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director,” the letter, which lied about the children part, stated.
If you’ve been paying attention in previous years, these same people haven’t had any problems with inexperienced people taking charge of departments and offices in the Executive Branch before… as long as that inexperienced person agreed with Democrats’ left-leaning political policies.
And that’s really what this is about, isn’t it?
They’re freaking out because we get the impression that Patel will, at the very least, restrain the ATF from violating Americans’ Second Amendment rights and, at most, may dismantle the ATF completely (I have to admit that I’d prefer the complete dismantlement).
In that light, I’m actually pretty excited that these anti-2A zealots are panicked about Patel being over the ATF. That seems to indicate that Patel will be on our side when it comes to the Second Amendment.
About time we have somebody in Kash that is knowledgeable about constitutional frameworks of ATF and will be doing the job that they are suppose to do for all Americans.
calling themselves the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
While they carefully Avoid the scientific evidence that demonstrates that where gun control IS is Exactly where the gun violence is. And, where blax are ,,mehh, trouble is. Oopsies,, uncomfortable truth.
(1) Simple solution the the 2nd Amendment issue is to rescind every single order, rule, or regulation ever propagated by the BTAF.
(2) Define a firearm in the simplest terms and remove things such as “short-barreled rifle”, magazine capacity. All definitions related to individual parts that might be used to make a firearm should be deleted as a lump of iron or aluminum could be classified as a firearm by the demoncrats.
(3) No permit should be needed to own or possess a firearm of any sort. Since it is already a crime for certain people to have a firearm, making law abiding citizens register to exercise their right is contrary to the letter of the Constitution and does nothing to stop criminals from committing crimes (see England for reference).
(4) End any and all restrictions regarding the interstate sale or purchase of firearms or parts (see (1) above.
OutOfTime “AMEN”
The only way we’re going to achieve true 2A rights is more people are going to have to become single issue voters. Yes, it’s that important. The 2nd Amendment is the one that protects all the others. It protects/defends the entire Constitution and without it, it would be just a matter of time (maybe not much of it, either) before our whole Constitution and Bill of Rights is torn up and thrown away. Most Americans don’t understanf this, because especially since the 2nd World War, we have become soft and spoiled. And yes, I mean the “poor” among us also. Most Americans don’t really know what it means to be dirt poor, or oppressed. Compared to many other parts of the world, we would be considered anywhere from comfortable, to well-off, to rich, to filthy priveliged rich. Even the poorest among us can usually get help from the government, or charity…if they really want it. For many though, they won’t seek help, because it might involve having to conform to basic civilized behavior and following some rules, or giving up their substance abuse. What the rest of us in society must learn is to stop handling the violent ones, the repeat offender predator types, with kid gloves. It doesn’t work. Those who prey on society must be removed from society, and no I”m not particular as to how that’s done. Like the famous FL sheriff said, “If you break into a home, here, in our county, you should expect to get shot.” If violent crime is your calling, then violent resistance should be our response when necessary. If that upsets/offends some, so be it. But unless/until the laws in this country are changed, so as to disadvantage the criminals and not the law abiding citizens among us, I don’t believe major progress will ever be made against violent crime.