Posted September 26, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The House deciding to jump on impeachment right now may well have scuttled any hope in hell they had of pushing gun control through prior to the 2020 elections. A lot of digital ink has been spilled discussing that impact, and a lot more will be spilled in the future. Anti-gun Democrats had a golden opportunity to achieve some of their stated goals, only to toss them away. You’d think they’d wait until after some gun control was signed by the president, but no.

Now, there seems to be little chance of that happening. For pro-gun advocates, this is welcome news.

For anti-gun activists, though, it should be a body blow they’d have to struggle to recover from. Instead, they’re just going to pretend it’s not even happening.

The House Judiciary Committee convened the “Protecting America from Assault Weapons” hearing on Wednesday, and those who spoke to the Washington Examiner said while there’s always a possibility for firearm bills to die in Congress, they’re not too concerned about the impeachment inquiry firestorm sucking the political oxygen away from their proposals.

“I think we can walk and chew gum. Our job is to do a lot of things and do them well, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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