The NRA has apparently woken from its long slumber on actually fighting for gun rights and now, as the gun control wolves bay at the door and numerous weak-kneed and spaghetti-spined Republicans consider backing down to Democrats and agreeing to gun control proposals, is waking up and pledging to fight any gun control bills that the legislature attempts to ram through.
The gun rights organization did so in a series of tweets that were a response to the recently announced Senate framework, explaining that while the NRA won’t take a stance on a framework, it will fight back hard against gun control bills, saying:
(1/3) The NRA is committed to real solutions to help stop violence in our communities. We encourage our elected officials to provide more resources to secure our schools, fix to our severely broken mental health system and support law enforcement.
(2/3) As is our policy, the NRA does not take positions on “frameworks”. We will make our position known when the full text of the bill is available for review.
(3/3) NRA will continue to oppose any effort to insert gun control policies, initiatives that override constitutional due process protections & efforts to deprive law-abiding citizens of their fundamental right to protect themselves/loved ones into this or any other legislation.
The NRA’s statement seems particularly tailored to the framework released by the “bipartisan” group of RINOs and Democrats, one that mainly focuses on widely supported mental health measures but that takes the radical step of supporting red flag laws
As a reminder, when announcing the framework on Twitter, Senator Chris Murphy declared that it included, among other things:
2/ Major funding to help states pass and implement crisis intervention orders (red flag laws) that will allow law enforcement to temporarily take dangerous weapons away from people who pose a danger to others or themselves.
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6/ Enhanced background check for under 21 gun buyers and a short pause to conduct the check. Young buyers can get the gun only after the enhanced check is completed.
It is those two provisions to which the NRA was likely referring in the third tweet in its thread, in which it pledged to fight gun control policies or initiatives that would override constitutional due process.
The support for red flag laws is particularly concerning to gun rights supporters, as those laws give the government the power to seize and individuals weapons without due process if he or she is deemed dangerous by the state.
Though such laws would undoubtedly be useful in dealing with crazy people that could commit acts of violence, many fear that they would also be used to seize the firearms possessed by dissidents, particularly those that strongly and vocally oppose the left’s cultural agenda.
Thus, though the NRA won’t take an open stance on the framework, its third tweet was a message that while it might not oppose the mental health portions of the framework, it will fight back hard against red flag laws that would give the government the power to seize guns without due process.
By: Gen Z Conservative, editor of GenZConservative.com. Follow me on Facebook and Subscribe to My Email List
This story syndicated with permission from Will, Author at Trending Politics
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