At Least We Know
How Joe Feels

From the moment Joe Biden he was putting anti-gunner and former Congressman Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke in as point man on his firearm policy, it was clear how the former vice president felt about gun owners and their votes.

Then came the expletive-laced argument he had with Michigan auto worker Jerry Wayne, telling the man he was “full of s–t” for saying Biden would take firearms — an allegation the 77-year-old gaffe-prone Democrat denied. Maybe Biden had forgotten his August 2019 interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper in which he acknowledged support for a ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

According to CNN’s transcription, here’s the key exchange in that interview:

Cooper: “So, to gun owners out there who say, well, a Biden administration means they’re going to come for my guns?”

“The guys who make these arguments are the people who say the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots, we need the protection against the government. We need an F-15 for that. We need something well beyond whether or not you’re going to have an assault weapon.”

A couple of weeks ago, when Biden scored big during the two multi-state primaries, he didn’t skip a beat. He made it clear gun control is going to be high on his list of priorities if he beats President Donald Trump in November. First, of course, he has to get the nomination. That will be settled in July.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/08/06/biden_calls_for_gun_buyback_program_making_assault_weapons_illegal_period.html

Gun Control Endorsements

The proverbial writing was on the wall earlier this month when the two most powerful gun prohibition organizations in the country endorsed Biden.

It caused Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to observe, “Joe Biden has never been a friend to gun owners or the Second Amendment. Everytown’s endorsement cements Biden’s Second Amendment assault credentials.”

Gun owners watching all of this have two things in common. One, they like their firearms, and second, they just want to be left alone and not treated like criminals.

Insider Online has been watching the campaign closely and Second Amendment activists have been contending for weeks that what happened in Virginia after Democrats took control of the General Assembly was a preview of what would happen if Democrats take Capitol Hill and the White House in November.

https://www.ccrkba.org/everytowns-biden-endorsement-is-all-gun-owners-need-to-know-says-ccrkba/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/09/nation/major-gun-safety-group-endorses-joe-bidens-presidential-bid/?et_rid=1939519896&s_campaign=todayinpolitics:newsletter

NICS Checks Up, Again

It must be an election year [Editor’s Note: Or worldwide pandemic] because there has been a lot of activity on the National Instant Check System.

According to FBI/NICS data, February saw 2,802,467 background checks initiated. That’s the most checks initiated with the system for the month of February since the first year the system was online in 1999.

Admittedly, those checks do not translate one-for-one to actual firearm sales. Even the FBI acknowledges this and says so in a note below their chart. That said, the raw NICS data is a pretty good gauge for the kind of firearms activity that’s been taking place already — and the year is just getting started.

January also saw the most activity for that month of the year since the system became operational — 2,702,702 of them.

Last year, the total number of initiated NICS checks came to 28,369,750. And that translates to extremely bad news for the gun prohibition lobby because there is a lot of privately-owned hardware out there, including, by some estimates, as many as 17 million so-called “assault weapons.”

Attorney David Jensen put that law in perspective, observing, “In their rush to ‘do something’ in the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook, politicians in Connecticut enacted a slew of restrictions that severely limit the right of self-defense, while doing nothing to prevent future tragedies from occurring.

“Nothing is more emblematic of this,” Jensen said, “than the State’s requirement that lawful gun owners load their legally owned magazines to less than their full capacity as a means of supposedly inhibiting future mass murders. We are pleased to help get this ridiculous restriction off the books.”

SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb said in a prepared statement, “This law does nothing more than penalize law-abiding citizens while criminalizing components of handguns they own that were previously legal. It’s a textbook example of turning honest citizens into criminals by the mere stroke of a pen by the governor.

https://www.saf.org/saf-sues-connecticut-over-mag-limit/

Nearly Missed Being Guilty

A Michigan man identified by the McComb Daily as Allan Moore is scheduled to be sentenced to an early summer vacation in the slammer for a string of crimes he committed in 2019.

According to the newspaper, Moore was almost no more himself because on his last of three robberies, an armed gas station clerk plugged him six times while he was attempting to rob the place. At the time, the report added, Moore was reportedly armed with a .22-caliber handgun which — no surprise here — happened to be stolen. He allegedly tried to open fire but the hot pistol wouldn’t discharge.

No such malfunction hindered the clerk, who was packing a 9mm. Moore, 28, could face 17 years behind bars under a plea agreement, the newspaper said.

Our model citizen is no stranger to a courtroom. Back in October and November 2018, he was mixed up in some “retail fraud” for which he was sentenced to time served plus three years’ probation.

Evidently, he missed the memo about convicted criminals not carrying guns and was reportedly involved in other robberies prior to the night he was shot. He pleaded “no contest” to 14 separate charges.

https://www.macombdaily.com/news/copscourts/accused-robber-shot-by-mount-clemens-gas-station-cashier-pleads/article_000d80a0-6323-11ea-82eb-db9886150c22.html