On Wednesday, the house passed legislation that would raise the legal age to buy
certain semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 establishing new federal offenses for
gun trafficking and selling, which is great.
But then the house on Thursday voted nearly along party lines to pass
legislation that would allow guns to be temporarily confiscated
from people deemed to be dangerous.
That's right judges, federal courts would be able to take away the guns.
This per CNN the legislation would authorize and
establish guidance for federal courts to issue extreme risk protection orders.
It would allow family members to request a federal court order that would remove
access to firearms for someone who is deemed a danger to themselves or
others by the court.
Now this vote was 224- 202.
Five Republicans that's representative Fred Upton of Michigan,
Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois,
Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Chris Jacobs of New York.
Well, they voted for the bill.
Democratic representative Jared Golden of Maine voted against it.
And we also know that four of the five republicans are leaving Congress
this year.
Currently Washington DC and
19 states already have these kinda red flag bills in place.
And as you can see from this map here of the states that have that.
And the legislation would set it effectively as a national standard.
That would seem to be pretty huge.
Something that we could look at to make sure that there is some effective changes
when it comes to who has access to guns,
especially if that person is a threat to themselves or to others.
We also know for the New York times that in about 56% of mass shootings between
2009 and 2020 that the attacker showed warning signs before the shooting.
And that's according to a report by every town and also per the screenshot.
We saw that there's a 14% reduction in firearm suicide rates with
red flag laws in Connecticut and 7.5% in Indiana.
It really does seem like these are effective changes that can be
made as far as it getting passed and signed into law.
I really don't know.
But what I do know in terms of the New York times is that House GOP leaders.
They urged their rank and file on Thursday to oppose the bill.
And an alert to members, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
The parties which argued that the bill used overly broad language that trampled
on Americans second Amendment rights.
And the American Firearms Association that's a grassroots organization
blasted out a fundraising pitch on Thursday that referred
to the five republicans who voted for the House bill.
Who also supported the wide ranging gun control
measure the day before as traitors.
The group also called the Senate Republicans negotiating the compromise
bill, treacherous bastards who want to disarm the entire country.
That's right.
These people are not here for common sense gun regulations at all.
Even if there is a member of the judiciary,
evaluating whether this person truly is a danger to themselves or others, Brett.
>> Yeah, I agree with republicans on this.
And by republicans,
I mean the ones who put in the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of 911.
The ones who created a red flag system that keeps from getting on a plane called
the no fly list.
They do this with literally everything else.
They put people on no fly list all the time.
And they essentially, there should be a due process,
a common sense due process as there is in other states to confirm that
the suspicion in this allegation is merited and real and warranted.
But I think that any time you see.
And also when you see like the grassroots organization, American firearms.
No, it's not my opinion.
No, it's not.
It's definitely and it's gonna be funded by some giant corporation.
And all for the purpose of killing more people.
That's all it is.
It's for the purpose of killing more people.
Because we proved the red flag laws keep people alive, they're against them.
They are for killing people.
>> Yeah, it definitely seems to be the case that these people are not here for
human life.
Even though they love to tout themselves as being pro life and
to ensure people are safe and that they can have a flourishing life.
No, not at all.
Because we're seeing that they are backing these gun owners,
gun manufacturers, as opposed to doing something for the betterment of society.
But hopefully people will make the right decision in Congress.
But I truly doubt it the way we're going,
it's not necessarily something that's gonna go very far.
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