Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay claims we’ve reached a “tipping point†on gun control, and is hoping that means we’ll see new gun control laws passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump. We recently discussed the congressman’s new bill that would gut firearms preemption laws across the nation and allow for cities to pass sweeping gun bans, institute gun licensing and firearms registration laws, as well as impose onerous taxes on firearms and ammunition and other measures that would eviscerate the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. The bill, known as the Local Public Health and Safety Protection Act, is a fairly new bill that was introduced in late June, but the legislation is already drawing support from some of the far Left in Congress.
The bill, HR 3435, was introduced to the House in June and is co-sponsored by over 20 congressmen, including Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Kansas City; Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts; and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York.
“We need Congress to act now,†Clay said. “Congress has the power to save American lives, and we should be doing nothing less.â€
When it comes to gun violence, Clay said he is tired of the excuses from state legislatures and those who will not do anything about it because they are afraid of the National Rifle Association.
Opposition to Clay’s measure has little to do with being afraid of the NRA, and everything to do with using the federal government to allow localities to obliterate the 2nd Amendment rights of residents. Under Clay’s proposal, any state that is applying for grant money from the Department of Justice (which is every state in the union), must guarantee that cities and local governments have the power to impose draconian gun control laws that would dramatically curtail the legal ownership of firearms, while doing nothing to stop criminals from illegally obtaining guns.
After Clay made his remarks, the fired-up aldermanic President Lewis Reed excited the crowd with his own speech. He shared that he, too, has family members who were affected by gun violence and that each time he sees another child’s life taken due to gun violence, his heart aches.
“I know it’s some things we all can be doing and things Republicans can be doing to help us get to the bottom of this,†Reed said. “We are going to have to push them and drive them to some place where they are uncomfortable being.â€
Reed also endorsed Clay’s new bill and said it can be something to transform the nation.
It shouldn’t just be Republicans who are uncomfortable with curtailing the rights of law-abiding Americans in an attempt to bring criminals to heel. Democrats, Libertarians, and independents should be vehemently opposed to restrictions on legal gun ownership while criminals in the city are literally getting away with murder.
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