Today the US House of Representatives passed an Assault Weapons Ban bill. The bill passed 217-213--we're still waiting on the individual voting results at this time. Of course those voting in favor are hailing this as a victory for public safety, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling it "a crucial step in our ongoing fight against the deadly epidemic of gun violence in our nation." As history shows, restrictions on the right to self defense rarely goes well for law abiding citizens, nor are the laws evenly applied for all people.
Since passing in the House, the bill will move to the Senate for another vote, then onto POTUS if it passes there. Now is the time to contact your Senators and let them know you oppose this Assault Weapons Ban if you haven't already. No slacktivism here, write physical letters, send emails, make phone calls. Be a respectful human being, and don't play into their skewed ideas of what gun owners are. It is up to us to ensure the Second Amendment is preserved.
NSSF Comments on House of Representatives Passing Assault Weapons Ban Bill
The National Sports Shooting Foundation has this to say about the passing of this bill:
NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, condemns the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, as amended. The legislation ignores the Constitutional right, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, for law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms that are in common use. NSSF estimates that there are over 24.4 million Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) in circulation in America between 1990 and 2020.
“This legislation is as dangerous as it is revealing of the contempt that the House Democrats hold for the Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “Chairman Jerrold Nadler admitted during debate in his committee that he didn’t care the legislation was unconstitutional and defied Supreme Court precedent. Democratic representatives are not fulfilling the interest of ‘the People,’ instead representing special-interest gun control groups that seek to disarm law-abiding citizens and scapegoat them for crimes committed by others.”
The MSR remains the most-popular selling centerfire semiautomatic rifle in the United States today. There are more MSRs in circulation today than there are Ford F-Series trucks on the road. The Supreme Court upheld that commonly-owned firearms are lawful for private ownership in both the Heller and Bruen rulings. Banning of an entire class of semiautomatic firearms can be viewed as nothing short of an outright infringement of Second Amendment rights – rights which belong to the people and not the government. This legislation, however, also includes some semiautomatic shotguns and handguns.
This legislation does nothing to improve public safety, as it doesn’t address criminals acting without regard for law or innocent life. Instead, it will put the lives of those who obey the law at greater risk by denying them an entire class of firearms that are used for home defense.
The previous 1994 Assault Weapons Ban proved to be ineffective at reducing crime. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded the “assault weapons ban” did not result in crime reduction.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report shows more murders were committed by individuals using knives, fists and clubs than by those using any rifle – not just MSRs like AR-15s.
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