House Democrats Push Ban On Too Much Liberty, Freedom

By Bob Owens

The Hill is reporting that Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have carefully looked at the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and have come to the conclusion that you have too much freedom.

Following a string of recent mass shootings, Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is looking to renew the assault weapons ban that was originally signed by former President Bill Clinton but expired more than a decade ago.

The Assault Weapons Ban of 2015, which Cicilline will introduce Wednesday afternoon, would ensure that no such guns are manufactured while placing new restrictions on the sale of already existing assault weapons.

The bill has about 90 Democratic co-sponsors, including House Minority WHIP Steny Hoyer (Md.) and Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.).

It has no hope of passing through Congress, however, given opposition from Republicans.

The Founders were men who’d just won a long and brutal revolution against a tyrannical government and were very explicit in their demand that the citizenry always be armed with military-grade weapons, without restrictions.

This was at a time where the only impediment to weapon ownership was the size of your bank account. Private citizens could own repeating rifles (Jefferson had a Girandoni, a nearly-silent air-powered repeater with a detachable 20-shot …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms