Last Wednesday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) took to the Senate floor and warned that universal background checks could lead to a national registry system for guns. Obama is a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate but has governed from the hard left. Again, watch what he DOES, not what he says.
“Some of the proposals, like for example- universal background checks- would allow the federal government to surveil law-abiding citizens who exercise their Constitutional rights. One of the provisions we expect to see in the bill based on what we saw in the Judiciary Committee- on which I sit- would allow the Attorney General of the United States (Eric Holder) to promulgate regulations that could lead to a national registry system for guns. Something my constituents in Utah are very concerned about, and understandably so,” said Sen. Lee.
Lee also said that the government has no place monitoring the legal exercise of any Constitutional right a citizen chooses to exercise:
“You see, the federal government has no business monitoring when or how often you go to church; what books and newspapers you read; who you vote for; your health conditions; what you eat for breakfast; and the details of your private life– including your lawful exercise of your rights protected by the Second Amendment and other provisions of the Bill of Rights.”
Earlier this month, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster.
Durbin is the Senate Majority Whip, responsible for counting his party’s votes on key legislative proposals. The specific bill facing the Senate is the Manchin-Toomey compromise on background checks, which would expand such requirements to gun shows, among other provisions. Currently, private sales between individuals at gun shows do not require background checks–just as private sales anywhere do not require them.
Unexpected NRA Support: This isn’t a group that Obama should expect to get backing from . . . Law abiding African-Americans supporting the 2nd Amendment!
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The EPA considered banning lead bullets in 2012. The Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson make a backdoor move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2012 elections. Several environmentalist groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) petitioned the EPA to ban lead bullets and shot (as well as lead sinkers for fishing) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Although EPA is barred by statute from controlling ammunition, CBD suggested working farther back along the manufacturing chain and have EPA ban the use of lead in bullets and shot because non-lead alternatives are available.
Here’s the catch: the alternatives to lead bullets are more expensive. A ban on the sale of lead ammunition would force hunters and sport shooters (and fishermen) to buy non-lead ammunition, sinkers, etc, that is often double the cost of traditional lead ammunition. A box of deer hunting bullets in a popular caliber could be upwards of $55.
The idea died when public exposure raised a public outcry and the Obama White House fearful of a backlash at the polls. They may try again.
