The Trump Administration has announced its support for a number of measures involving gun control, and not surprisingly, the mainstream media has chosen to highlight the measure that would have little effect, while ignoring the administration’s support for a bill that would have a devastating impact on the Second Amendment.
CNBC’s headline said, “Trump gun proposal skips age limits, focuses on teaching educators how to use guns instead,” and BBC News went with “Trump drops calls to raise guns age limit.” The media’s coverage has relied heavily on the idea that if the legal minimum age requirement for gun purchases was raised from 18 to 21, then it may have an effect on stopping mass shootings—without taking any other legitimate factors into consideration.
“On 18 to 21 Age Limits, watching court cases and rulings before acting. States are making this decision,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Things are moving rapidly on this, but not much political support (to put it mildly).”
….On 18 to 21 Age Limits, watching court cases and rulings before acting. States are making this decision. Things are moving rapidly on this, but not much political support (to put it mildly).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2018
However, while the media focused on Trump’s response to age requirements, they ignored the support he pledged for one of the most egregious bills being considered by Congress. H.R. 4477, the Fix NICS Act, states that it would amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to “require each federal agency and department, including a federal court, to certify whether it has provided to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) disqualifying records of persons prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.”
As The Free Thought Project reported in December, the Fix NICS Act will pressure federal agencies and states to report as many names as possible to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, “making it only a matter of time before this list becomes so large that nearly any activity could serve to remove your Second Amendment rights.”
Although versions of the bill have been proposed in both the Senate and the House, and have received support from Republicans, Democrats and even the National Rifle Association, Rep. Thomas Massie warned that Congress will try to pass the Fix NICS Act by rolling it into another bill that looks harmless.
Congress first tried to accomplish this in late 2017 by including the Fix NICS Act in H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which states that its purpose is to amend “the federal criminal code to allow a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows individuals to carry concealed firearms.”
When that bill was stalled, they shifted their attention to H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act, which is supposed to be voted on this week. Massie warned that the supporters of the Fix NICS Act will use the STOP School Violence Act to “sugar coat it,” in order to obtain their original objective.
Rep. Massie summed up the FIX NICS Act by noting that it “encourages administrative agencies, not the courts, to submit more names to a national database that will determine whether you can or can’t obtain a firearm.“
“When President Obama couldn’t get Congress to pass gun control, he implemented a strategy of compelling, through administrative rules, the Veterans Administration and the Social Security Administration to submit lists of veterans and seniors, many of whom never had a day in court, to be included in the NICS database of people prohibited from owning a firearm,” Massie said. “Only a state court, a federal (article III) court, or a military court, should ever be able to suspend your rights for any significant period of time.”
Very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House. Legislation moving forward. Bump Stocks will soon be out. Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to State Law. Armed guards OK, deterrent!…….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2018
While Trump took to Twitter to claim that a “very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House,” he failed to mention that the legislation to implement background checks has serious flaws, and its consequences go far beyond his time in office.
Now that the Trump Administration has officially pledged its support for the Fix NICS Act, and the mainstream media has done the same by refusing to report on the blatant problems that exist within the legislation, it serves as a reminder that the real divide exists—not between Democrats and Republicans, but between the establishment and the people.
Rachel Blevins is an independent journalist from Texas, who aspires to break the false left/right paradigm in media and politics by pursuing truth and questioning existing narratives. Follow Rachel on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Steemit and Patreon. This article first appeared at The Free Thought Project.
So now they will be trolling those electronic medical records all the doctors/ pharmacies/hospitals were forced to buy into for anyone who is on meds or seen a shrink for whatever reason. Anyone who has been accused of violence whether true or not, lots of room for abuse here. Might also be like the no fly list where you are not told WHY or given the right to correct any mistakes.
I’d say taking antidepressants might get you disarmed. So far my doctors in TX haven’t had the nerve to ask about guns. How dare them if they do. We all know what agenda that would serve.
Last week went to doc that makes you fill out forms on a tablet. Would only give me the option of 1-4 drinks a week when I don’t drink. I objected. Then at the end there are 3 places to sign: one was for consent to treat, consent to share with insurance and the last one very sneakily asks for consent to share your personal medical info with the company that makes the tablet for “research”! Needless to say I declined.
All gunpowder weapons are henceforth forbidden as disgracefur. Uncivirized barbaric dispray of white devil pirates. Punishable by death
Yours Sincerery
Shogun Kunetoki
What? Tell that to thugs invading your home and see if it saves you.
Grasshopper you had better wise up
Or all the secret Muslim military training places across the US! Why do they need military training places? Who finances them??? (Bill O’Reilly youtube video.)
Could somebody explain to a lay person like me what this ongoing theatre about gunpowder weapons means taking into the consideration that psychotronic weapons which include smartphones can do the same job remotely, no danger of being seen and are held secret so no law can punish you?
It’s simple….you can shoot a gun but you can’t use psychotronic weapons can you?
It’s about complete control.
Thank you for mentioning such weaponry Dagmar. Myself & MANY others have endured such treatment with V2k/DEW’s/EHF/ELF military grade exotic weapons systems over the past few years as Targeted Individuals…
Thanks again for spreading awareness of these systems…;)
~CLR
never heard of such thing
Fed govt is banned from infringing in the area of gun ownership. Period. Ignore and nullify.
Jury nullification is a good recourse to bad legislation.
I heard something interesting yesterday, they are trying less and less marijuana cases because juries don’t care about them.
That’s one control they can’t take from us.
Yep, jury nullification is an excellent fall-back, but not if you get some libtard jury. Ultimately, if we don’t get the fed govt back within the confines of the written constitution soon, it seems civil war is inevitable, just like the globalists want.
ET TU TRUMP?
They love to sneak bad bills in with good bills….BEWARE
Agencies don’t have the constitutional power to take away our gun rights…unelected and usually worthless parasites that they are….it’s sneaky and underhanded legislation.
article III, DUE PROCESS…don’t let it slip away.
John Cornyn…he deserves a firing squad he’s such a traitor. I can’t believe there are still Texans that actually vote for him. If there weren’t 2 phony parties could these people get elected by their name and their voting record? Doubtful.
Voters would have to pay attention then too. Let’s drop parties.