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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: Elderberry on May 12, 2021, 10:23:07 pm
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Texas Scorecard by Iris Poole May 12, 2021
“It’s a name that is intended to scare people. It’s designed to make people think that certain firearms are more dangerous than others, that certain firearms are beyond the reach of current law.”
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz delivered remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “ghost guns,” a phrase used to describe homemade firearms.
“Last Friday, the Biden administration published proposed regulations to significantly expand the regulation of firearms in this country. That proposed regulation and this hearing both focus on so-called ‘ghost guns.’ It’s a name that is intended to scare people. It’s designed to make people think that certain firearms are more dangerous than others, that certain firearms are beyond the reach of current law,” said Cruz.
Cruz addressed the misconception that homemade firearms are somehow different or more dangerous than any other firearm, stating that “under the law, [if] the person commits a crime with a homemade gun, they will be prosecuted just the same as anyone else.”
“If we want to have a hearing on gun violence, there are real topics to discuss. Gun violence and violent crime is a real problem in this country. It’s not the made-up problem of ‘ghost guns.’ But in 2020, gun violence soared to rates not seen in 20 years, with over 19,000 people killed by homicides and unintentional death, not including suicides.”
A report from the U.S Department of Justice found that 6 percent of violent criminals stole their firearms, 43 percent received their firearms from underground markets, 25 percent obtained them from another individual, and 7 percent purchased their firearm legally.
Zero criminals said their firearms were homemade, or “ghost guns.”
More: https://texasscorecard.com/federal/ted-cruz-criticizes-democrats-on-so-called-ghost-guns/ (https://texasscorecard.com/federal/ted-cruz-criticizes-democrats-on-so-called-ghost-guns/)
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Certain firearms are more dangerous than others. I mean, fine, someone shot dead with a plastic printed gun is just as dead as someone shot with a civil war cannon, but those fat plastic guns don't have a long service life, and the technology of titanium printing isn't something that's going to come to the average citizen, either.
The reality we all have to keep focused on?
Since it's nobody's business who owns a gun, it is also nobody's business how a person gets their gun.
So, sure, fight the hysteria, Ted, that's a good fight, but keep the end goal in mind: No government infringement on gun ownership, which also means no infringement on interstate sales of firearms.
if there were no fascistic control of guns now, there would be absolutely zero market for novelty printed guns. And no reason for a manufacturer to sell partially assembled incomplete recievers, etc. The guns would be safer if fully factory assembled like God intended them to be.
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However, it failed after Democrat senators, including all three senators present at the committee hearing, voted against it and filibustered it, blocking legislation to combat violent crime.
“Why? Because the objective instead is to target law-abiding citizens. That does nothing to stop crime, but it does a great deal to undermine our constitutional rights,” said Cruz.
Yep....