Joe Biden’s New Twist On Beto’s Gun Ban and “Buyback”

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Hours before he steps on stage in Las Vegas for a “gun violence forum” sponsored by March For Our Lives and Giffords, former Vice President Joe Biden has unveiled an 11-page gun control plan that includes a twist on the Eric Swalwell/Beto O’Rourke plan of banning guns deemed “assault weapons”, and demanding Americans turn them in to the government in exchange for some cash. Under Biden’s proposal, current owners of the guns Biden wants to ban would have to register their rifle under the National Firearms Act or hand the guns over to the government in exchange for some cash.

Biden also wants to include “high capacity magazines” in his proposal, which shows he and his advisors are looking for headlines, not real answers to address violent crime. How would someone register a firearms magazine under the NFA? It’s not like magazines come stamped with a serial number or any other unique identifier. Joe doesn’t say how this proposal would work, and I doubt he’s going to get grilled on it at today’s gun control jamboree.

Other proposals floated by Biden in his plan include limiting gun purchases to one-per-month, restoring the gun …Read the Rest

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