Posted November 5, 2018 10:45 am by Comments

By Greg Camp

Lawmakers Drafting Bill That Would Allow Social Media Checks Before Gun Purchase

Opinion

Lawmakers Drafting Bill That Would Allow Social Media Checks Before Gun Purchase

Fayetteville, AR –-(Ammoland.com)- New York lawmakers, Eric Adams, president of the Brooklyn Borough, and State Senator Kevin Palmer have illustrated my claim that when a person wishes to destroy one right, all rights become mere tools or obstacles in pursuit of that goal.

They propose to require a trolling through of the last three years of a prospective gun buyer’s social media accounts before a gun sale will be allowed.

Specifically, they want to deny sales to anyone who has engaged in hate speech on such platforms.

The example used by Adams as someone who would be prevented from completing a legal purchase is the man who killed eleven and wounded six at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The murderer in question indeed spewed hate, declaring, for example, that “Jews are children of Satan.” He also posted his intention to harm, stating on his Gab account that “HIAS [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society] likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”

At what point along the continuum on …Read the Rest

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