Posted September 13, 2019 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The Democratic debate last night was filled with all kinds of calls for assault weapon bans, gun confiscation plans, and a whole lot of other nonsense. It’s not surprising. After all, it’s the Democratic debate. Candidates aren’t trying to woo the general public, just a base that seems to be leaning further and further left on more and more issues.

Especially guns.

However, despite that and despite the fact that the Trump administration seems to be open to at least some degree of gun control, House Democrats seem to be backing off on their push for an assault weapon ban.

As Democrats make an aggressive push for new gun control legislation, they have made a calculated decision to stop short of pursuing their most ambitious goal: an assault weapons ban.

The overwhelming majority of House Democrats — 211, seven shy of the 218 needed for passage — are co-sponsoring legislation to ban military-style semiautomatic weapons, similar to the ban in effect from 1994 to 2004. But some centrist Democrats remain skittish about any proposal that keeps firearms from law-abiding citizens — a frequent charge against Democrats by Republicans and gun rights groups — making any such ban politically risky for moderates …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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