Kamala Harris is trying to one-up her fellow Democratic presidential contenders by announcing she would invoke executive action to ban the import of AR-15s.
Politico reports:
Harris wants to ban AR-15-style assault weapon imports and suspend all other assault weapon imports until the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can analyze whether they should be permanently banned under U.S. law.
Her campaign argues the weapons could be banned because they aren't "suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes." This includes all 44 AR-type models listed in the latest assault weapons ban that was introduced in Congress.
“When we look at the issue of assault weapons, let’s be very clear: Assault weapons are designed to kill a lot of people in a very short period time,” Harris said. “…We cannot any longer afford to allow people to make this a partisan issue. Those guns, those assault weapons, do not discriminate and determine, OK, is the person pointing it at a Democrat or a Republican. This can no longer be a partisan issue.”
“Upon being elected I will give the United States Congress 100 days to get their act together and have the courage to pass reasonable gun safety laws. And if they fail to do it, then I will take executive action. And specifically what I will do is put in place a requirement that for anyone who sells more than five guns a year, they are required to do background checks when they sell those guns. I will require that for any gun dealer that breaks the law the ATF take their license.”
Kamala just signed up for defeat IF she is the candidate. Someone needs to enlighten Harris that an Executive Order cannot apply to a Constitutional issue.
Kamala Harris is trying to one-up her fellow Democratic presidential contenders by announcing she would invoke executive action to ban the import of AR-15s.
Skankala doesn't know that we make AR's here, and typically, most AK's are imported.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
This is the ever loving truth. But the liberal mindset only wants to disarm law abiding Americans.
We should have taken Jefferson's advice and had a Revolution every 20 years just to keep the government honest.
That is, after all, the reason we have the 2nd Amendment. Why do you think several of the new prospective states refused to sign without a Bill of Rights?
BTW. when I lived in Illinois, several of us went out to Buffalo Rock to shoot rifles. One guy had a Dragunov, a Russian sniper rifle and he was doing the best shooting. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke