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“It doesn’t matter if you have a right to a lawyer if you are dead. It doesn’t matter if you have the right to free speech if you are dead. Doesn’t matter if you have the right to keep and bear arms if you are dead."- Trey Gowdy on this week's Sunday Morning Futures.
This past weekend, 31 people were killed and another 50 were injured in mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Not mentioned in mainstream media, but well worth noting, 7 people were killed and another 52 were injured in Chicago shootings. This past weekend marked Chicago's worst weekend of gun violence this year despite having some of the toughest gun laws in the country.
Illinois is one of ten states that prides itself on it's extremely strict gun laws. Why the state of Illinois is so proud is any one's guess, as clearly stricter gun laws do not necessarily result in less shootings or mass shootings. Repeatedly, strict gun laws failing to protect innocent civilians from being killed and or injured is proven true. The ten states having the strictest gun laws in the nation are as follows; California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. While ten states across the country boast of having the strictest gun laws in the nation, seven of those ten, accounted for fifty something dead and over 300 persons injured by shootings across America. That all being said, I am in a bit of a conundrum as today my Republican president made the following statement in response to the mass shootings from last weekend, "We must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process". "That is why I have called for red flag laws, also known as extreme risk protection orders."
Never in my lifetime did I ever think I would see the day when a Republican would be for "red flag laws". Today, Americans witnessed the president, former Congressman Trey Gowdy, and Senator Lindsey Graham come out in support of red flag laws. While many Americans may think red flag laws are a good thing, they are not. In fact red flag laws are infringing upon our 2nd amendment rights . Furthermore, Red flag laws will inevitably hurt the poor. Red flag laws are dangerous in that anyone can be wrongly targeted by a disgruntled ex, friend or family member, and have their gun or guns taken away because the courts have concluded that the person on trial is mentally unfit to carry a gun. The proposed red flag bill will allow law enforcement officials to take away guns from those of whom have formal complaints that someone might be mentally unfit. Once guns have been taken away from people who may be quite sane, those persons will have to attend a court hearing as to attempt to get their guns back. Sadly, many people not making a six or seven figure income will lose their guns permanently as the process can be quite costly as one will have to obtain legal counsel to defend their right to have their guns returned to them. As these cases would be considered "civil" cases a public defender would not be an option. Unfortunately, for the middle class American man or woman, the cost to prove they are not a dangerous person nor a threat to society can be too much.
When Americans voted for Donald J. Trump, they voted for him to fight for their conservative beliefs. The right to bear arms was and still is a key issue for most Republicans. The President coming out in favor of red flag laws has made many of his supporters cringe and rightfully so. Those law makers against guns have in the past been liberals, liberals that put on a facade of having empathy for the poor. The proposed red flag bill is not a bill that will protect the poor, it hurts the poor and the middle class. Middle class and lower income Americans just can not afford the cost of a pricey court battle that should never be in the first place. The President was elected to protect our 2nd amendment rights not take them away. While the President is said to be putting immigration in with proposed red flag bill, his supporters are concerned and rightfully so. His supporters are somewhat skeptical as their president was once a Democrat, and one could wonder if the president is now a closet Democrat. A Democrat in the White House would be every Republican's worst nightmare. Yet, the president's latest speech leads one to wonder if the president has gone back to his Democratic roots or I have to ask, is it possible to be a "red flag Republican"?
(c) Sean Bianca GOP GIRL 2019 #2ndamendmentrights #righttobeararms #MAGA #redflaglaws
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