Democrats proved once again this month that having a “national conversation” on gun violence is not their real goal in what they now call “common sense gun reform.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) followed President Donald Trump’s announcement he has decided to declare a national emergency over the border wall with a threat of her own. She thinks the first democrat president to follow him should declare a national ‘gun violence’ emergency.
Pelosi declared, “Just think of what a president with different values can present to the American people. Want to talk about a national emergency? Let’s talk about today, the one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America. That’s a national emergency. Why don’t you declare that emergency Mr. President? I wish you would. But a Democratic president can do that. A Democratic President can declare emergencies as well.”
Pelosi proceeded with the same narrative devoid of facts she and others have been pushing since last year’s school shooting in Parkland, FL – gun violence is at an all-time high and epidemic levels.
Parkland survivor David Hogg found another 15 minutes of fame on CNN earlier this year where he told a panel, “If we really want to start talking about the national emergency like the president likes to talk about, 40,000 Americans dying annually from gun violence is a pretty damn good one to start off with.”
No one on the CNN panel reminded Hogg that the vast majority of those deaths were due to suicide and had nothing to do with school shootings or crime. Nor did anyone remind him that the NRA and most gun-rights advocates support the improvement of the NICS and mental -health issue.
The Speaker is either ignorant of the truth or an outright liar when it comes to this issue. Facts show that the murder rate in the U.S. has fallen since 1991 and in that same time period, violent crime fell by 48 percent. During that same time frame Americans acquiring a record number of firearms.
As we have shown reported elsewhere school-related gun violence has been in a decline for over 20 years. Professor of Criminology James Alan Fox and other researchers at Northeastern University collaborated to declare: There is not an epidemic of school shootings.
This isn’t the only issue that Democrats have latched on to, to push their own cause while making light of the very real crisis at the border.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) listed several things he considers ‘national emergencies’ saying in a tweet, “Gun violence is a national emergency. Climate Change is a national emergency. Income inequality is a national emergency. Access to healthcare is a national emergency. Building a wall on the southern border is not.”
Doug Hele, former aide to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Republican strategist warned there is reason to take Pelosi at her word on this one. “Make no mistake,” he tweeted, “the next Democratic President will declare national emergencies on guns and climate change and cite the Trump precedent when doing so.”
A recent article in The Pacific Standard reveals the game plan future leftist Presidents might follow in declaring such a national ‘gun violence’ emergency.
The Insurrection Act of 1907 allows for the deployment of U.S. troops in emergency situations. Before it the Insurrection Act of 1807 provided the President with “explicit constitutional authority to send U.S. troops into American cities” should he see rebellious activity that cannot be policed by “regular means.”
The nation witnessed how a blanket gun-restriction is more than possible during the evacuation of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. One week after the storm New Orleans Police Department superintendent Edwin P. Compass III demanded a blanket confiscation of all firearms not owned by law enforcement.
It took a Federal restraining order handed down three weeks later by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to ensure law-abiding citizens were not deprived of their 2nd Amendment rights.
Following Hurricane Katrina, several states passed measures that explicitly protected gun rights during declared emergencies. Governor Rick Scott signed a Florida bill in May 2015 going further to allow state gun owners to temporarily carry concealed handguns without a permit even during the mandatory evacuations.
Events like Katrina and comments like those of Nancy Pelosi should remind us to take protecting the 2nd Amendment seriously.
Pelosi go pee on Schumer’s leg and tell him it’s raining you hypocrite when you get rid of your gun toting goon squad you and you only can come collect my gun other than that go F*** Warren and BIGOTED Waters. I will not stand for the Flag I BLED for supporting the Constitution which is where the 1st 10 amendments are written is destroyed by LIBATARDED DEMORATS
Nancy Pelosi should be stopped in her tracks as there is enough dirt out there on her to bury her. She is very crooked!!!!
THE REAL NATIONAL EMERGENCY IS A SLEW OF DEMOCRATS WHO INSIST ON REMOVING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THE GUISE OF PROTECTING US FROM OURSELVES. THESE SAME POLITICIANS HAVE ARMED SECURITY FORCES THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR. WE NEED TO END THE HYPOCRISY. WE NEED POLITICIANS WHO WILL UPHOLD AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE ALL POLITICIANS THAT UNDERMINE OUR COLLECTIVE VALUES AND OUR RIGHTS. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE ALL “LUCRATIVE POLITICAL CAREERS”.
The so-called gun control that the Communist Democrat Party has been pushing for decades is about one FACT they must disarm America to finish their work of making America a Communist country! It is just that simple …It is not about public safety! If they cared about human life, they would stop aborting 850.000 babies annually. WITHOUT YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER RIGHTS!
The REAL national emergency is the communist democrat party in America in bed with Islam both see the destruction of our country!
Term Limits is what this country needs, biggley, the president has term limits, why not the senate & congress?, Oh wait, … Congress is the outfit that has too agree to term limits…bummer, that will never happen…
I’m tired of the the games being played the democrats. Pelosi is willing to destroy America just to get her way. Do they not realize that the criminals and outlaws will still have guns and we will not be able to protect our families. So we must put our own family at risk just so anelected official like Pelosi can scuttle America. Let’s declare a state of emergency on Pelosi and have her removed.
We need to make sure We have no Democrat President until they abandon their Commie- Socialist anti-freedom agenda. Whatever it takes America. VOTE !!!!!
WELL we the AMERICAN PEOPLE need to declare a NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING the SENILITY OF SENATORS PELOSI, SCHUMER, FEINSTEIN,WARREN, WATERS,. DEMAND EACH UNDERGO AN IQ TEST, PSYCOLOGICAL EXAM, PHYSICAL EXAM, COMPLETE MEDICAL WORK UP. THESE TESTS AND EXAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY PROFFESSIONALS CHOSEN FROM PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRACTICE BY THE AMERICAN CITIZENS. SEE HOW MANY PASS ALL EXAMS AND TESTS.AND ARE MEDICALY AND MENTALY CAPABLE OF FULLFILLING THE POSITION THEY HOLD.
Well, FIRST off, David Hogg was not even on campus when the Parkland shooting happened! I have yet to understand why this dipshit ever got started in national politics! SECONDLY, if Hogg, or anyone at CNN really WANTED about a national emergency, 40,000 dead per year don’t hold a friggin’ candle to 1+ MILLION babies aborted every year! Stupid Liberals… ain’t got a clue, much less a grip…
The information in this article in great to know. The problem I see with it though is that the publication is preaching to the choir. The people that read this news and other news articles like this are reading them on sites and magazines that 2nd amendment supporters, firearms users, hunters, etc are the only readers. This is the information that needs to get placed where the non sportsman and firearms users can read and understand that they are being lied to and fed false information by our so called leaders. Unfortunately I see no way to force people to look at the facts. It would be fantastic if major news sources would take the time to not only get the true facts, but to actually publish them. We also need to get away from using the old cliches’ that have been used for so long. like the “pry the gun from my cold dead hand” and “when guns are outlawed, only outlaws…”. we need to start using honest, educated, understandable responses. Say things like ” we will use every legal means…” We will fight in the courts to preserve our rights” “we will stand together to overcome the outrageous attacks on our freedoms and rights” . We all need to stop coming off as a bunch of gun crazed uneducated morons and show that we are the ones who have the law and the constitution on our side. We have the brains and ability to fight their lies with the facts.
Just my opinion.
Wow, after looking up No-Knock warrants to find out the history of these things, it seems that they are used pretty frequently! It looks like anyone can be accused of anything and the cops can lie to a judge to get the NK warrant and then they can kill the person or persons inside! Looks like in most cases nothing happens to the cops. I think I will NOT lock my guns up but have them handy for when my NK warrant comes! David Bowie was right: This is not America.
Apparently she is NOT AWARE that law abiding gun owners, many LEOs, LEAs, veterans, and active duty military would take her down physically should she even try such a stunt! Democratic president or not, any such attempt to use that as an excuse to confiscate firearms under the guise of a National Emergency would be met with force resulting in many deaths, injuries, and quite possibly a physical overthrow of the government to restore the Republic and order.