Biden policies off his website
https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/. End Gun Violence
The very first statements say there are 40,000 gun deaths yearly. Biden doesn’t mention the breakdown:
61% are suicides, would those who want to take their lives not do so if there were no guns, nope, this is a red herring (Overwhelmingly white and male by the way). 36% were homicides, 3% accidents (which includes those killed by police), https://www.thetrace.org/2020/02/gun-deaths-suicide-cdc-data-2018/.
He goes on to talk about background checks, which I agree with. I agree with background checks at gun shows, private sales, etc. What he doesn’t support is connecting the database to mental health issues, which is the overwhelming cause of mass shootings (more than four people).
He calls the following common sense:
- Hold gun manufacturers liable for the use of a firearm. He says no other industry has protection, say again? When a murder is done with a knife, or a car, or a hammer, or with gasoline-should I go on, they are not held liable. Doing so would mostly put firearm manufacturers out of business. According to https://www.wyff4.com/article/how-often-are-guns-used-to-stop-crimes/10033021#, gun owners defending themselves killed 1500 people a year versus 606 killed by the police. All of those 1500 were adjudicated as self-defense. Also, 2,500,000 times firearms were brandished, interrupting a crime. No guns, more crime-Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the country and highest gun crime rates.
- Get firearms off the streets. I can shoot a semi-automatic pistol at the same rate of an “Assault weapon (meaning a rifle with a detachable magazine and semi automatic).” My hunting rifle doesn’t have a pistol grip yet has 2-3 times the range of an AR-15. So logic doesn’t apply. Having a rifle capable of automatic firing requires a federal license. Bump stocks should require that kind of license. I can’t wait to see gang bangers line up to sell their MP5’s back to the government. He says only buy one weapon a month, no sweat, this is just inane, 12 a year, etc.
- He lists many “task forces” to look at various issues, like a task force can produce action, give me a break.
- A smart gun is an interesting idea, my concern is that lower income folks won’t be able to afford personal protection, and studies show they want to have a firearm to protect themselves.
- I agree with holding adults liable for the use of their guns by family members. I agree with prohibiting “Ghost guns”. I agree with requiring owners to report lost or stolen guns.
- I disagree with prohibiting educators from having firearms. Those who have had experience in the military or law enforcement and are certified through annual tests (same type as the police are required to take) should have one, in a biometric safe. To that end, anyone with a carry permit should go through the same annual certification.
Generally Biden-Harris want the United States to be like Europe in this regard. Well, Europe grew up under monarchies or totalitarian forms of government who knew what would happen if their serfs had weapons, their power would be challenged. Their culture is very different than ours. That is why the second amendment was demanded, to be sure that wouldn’t happen again.
Some say we don’t need it now since we know our government wouldn’t ever try to do that, use force to concentrate power against the wishes of the citizen. Really, below comes from their website.
Incentivize state “extreme risk” laws. Extreme risk laws, also called “red flag” laws, enable family members or law enforcement officials to temporarily remove an individual’s access to firearms when that individual is in crisis and poses a danger to themselves or others. Biden will incentivize the adoption of these laws by giving states funds to implement them. And, he’ll direct the U.S. Department of Justice to issue best practices and offer technical assistance to states interested in enacting an extreme risk law.
Create an effective program to ensure individuals who become prohibited from possessing firearms relinquish their weapons.
As president, Biden will pursue legislation to regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act.
Biden told Robert Francis O’rourke that he would be the point person on taking weapons away from citizens.
Some may say these proposals for removing weapons are reasonable, but due process isn’t mentioned. Will an owner have the right to challenge a “red flag” law? Well of course you say, talk to the college students whose due process rights were removed by Obama-Biden if they were accused of sexual assault-this has finally been fixed but hundreds of people’s reputations have been ruined by false accusations. I worry about that exercise of progressive opinion over my rights.
Lastly: Crime is a problem we need bi-partisan action to reduce. The democrat passed 1994 crime bill Biden takes credit for has put too many people in jail. Fix it. The violence, harassment of conservatives, defund the police, and other sheer idiocies that Biden-Harris have basically supported through their lack of condemnation must be recognized as dangerous to a civil society. Reform the police-sure, get rid of the racists-absolutely, train them better, etc.. Trump at least got a bi-partisan bill passed to reform the federal justice system.