The most annoying thing about people and legislators who want to take away our right to own a firearm is that they are so uninformed about the laws already on the books. If they spent even half the amount of time reading the law as they do on writing silly tweets showing they don’t really know the law they’d spare themselves so much embarrassment.
But folks like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live for the embarrassment, or at least that’s our assumption since she’s so GOOD at embarrassing herself.
You know, instead of training children, teachers, houses of faith, & concertgoers to prep for being shot, we could just:
-Pass Universal Background checks (#HR8!)
-Disarm domestic abusers
-Mandate safe storage
-Ban bump stocks, semiautos, & high cap mags designed to kill people https://t.co/5SaLxEfYBT— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 22, 2019
You know, it’s clear that like, AOC doesn’t really like, know anything about gun laws in this country and stuff.
Cam Edwards was more than happy to set her straight.
Wow, that sounds so simple. And yet, the devil's in the details.
1- How do you enforce #HR8 without a national firearms registry?
2- Domestic violence convictions or guilty pleas already result in a loss of #2A rights.
3 & 4- again, let's talk about enforcement.
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 22, 2019
Regarding "universal background checks", @AOC, I don't know if you've read these studies from 2018, but they show UBC laws don't lead to fewer gun-related deaths, or even more background checks.
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— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 22, 2019
The studies author says it's because of a "lack of enforcement", but it's not a lack of enforcement, it's the fact that without a national firearms registry, there's no real way TO enforce it. So, do you want a national firearms registry too?
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— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 22, 2019
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As for a prohibition on domestic violence abusers from owning firearms, the Lautenberg Amendment was passed in 1996 and prohibits those convicted of felony or misdemeanor domestic violence charges from legally possessing a firearm. https://t.co/zFxCWeps7d
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— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 22, 2019
As for safe storage laws, you run into several issues. Leaving the constitutionality aside for a bit, I see two challenges here.
1st, safe storage laws are impossible to proactively enforce, unless you're calling for random home inspections of gun owners. Are you?
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— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 22, 2019
Many states have safe storage laws, but "safe storage" may be defined differently. As I said earlier, the devil's in the details. So how would you define "safe storage" in the federal code, and would violating the law be a misdemeanor or felony offense?
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— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 22, 2019
DAMN.
If AOC spends any time at all reading this she will absolutely understand why no one is taking her seriously on gun laws. But we all know she’ll either ignore it or pretend that it’s somehow sexist or racist of Cam to set her straight.
She’s nothing if not predictable.
You know, instead of infringing on the inherent rights of law abiding citizens, Congress could really get to work on cutting spending, reducing the deficit, and reducing gov’t intrusion into our lives.
— G (@TCC_Grouchy) March 22, 2019
You know, infringements on our Second Amendment rights will lead to the collapse of all of our constitutional rights…. but, you depend on this… https://t.co/FVkz8i59aK
— The Brickhouse (@Brickhouse0733) March 22, 2019
Personally, I think we should just make the mass shootings illegal …. oh wait. https://t.co/MqqBTjSD4N
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) March 22, 2019
Better yet, we should just make murder illegal.
Oh, wait.
It's nice you can repeat all the anti second amendment talking points. But maybe first you should know something about firearms. And you should reread the Constitution.
— Dave Engelman (@Krazy_Bhoy_Dave) March 22, 2019
Unless there is a firearm registry UBC are useless and have the same if not worst issues then NICS. (Registry is also illegal)
Domestic abusers are already prohibited possessors. #DoYouEven4473
Mandated safe storage is unconstitutional (See Heller)— ???️?Chase Sheppard?️??? (@badger7_7) March 22, 2019
Oh, about that.
Bump stocks have been banned
— Caleb Wilkerson (@WilkersonCaleb) March 22, 2019
That too.
Or arm teachers that want to be armed. Simple solution that doesn’t require any new laws.
— Flyer (@bama_flyer) March 22, 2019
Of course that not a single one of these measures would have actually prevented a single mass shooting.
— Kirby Hansen (@kirby_han) March 22, 2019
But she has an agenda to push, dangit!
Hey, AOC, you are pretty popular right now, but you really are sucking all the oxygen out of the room. Dems are campaigning for 2020 to save our democracy. Do You think you could do us all a favor and step back for a little while. This is not about you. Take a back seat please.
— Wacipi (@Wacipi) March 22, 2019
Hey, they said please.
How is safe storage going to help me to defend my family?? Explain that to me when you have a security team looking out for your safety all the time now ???
— richard gentner (@butchgentner) March 22, 2019
The 2A does not allow the gov to place restrictions. In fact it prevents it. Nowhere in the 2A, or after "the right to keep and bear arms", or "shall not be infringed" does the word except appear.
— Rich O Salerno (@ThomasA72105117) March 22, 2019
I want to support you because of your social policies, but you are being so intellectually dishonest and divisive acting like Trump on this issue. As a supporter of the SRA and progressive policies I will not comply if you were to push these things through with nuance.
— Paulus Atreides IV (@AlternativeThre) March 22, 2019
Even her own ‘side’ is asking her to chill out.
“Mandate safe storage”. Someone hasn’t read Heller. Go read it. I’ll wait.
— LadyMay (@dianarae82) March 22, 2019
Semi autos are literally 90% of weapons, including most all handguns. Read a book.
— Cole (@Coleslaw_84) March 22, 2019
Or you know, just read the Constitution.
That works too.
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