Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Calls For “National Movement” On Gun Control To Match The NRA’s [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)Mrs. Clinton knows full well why most of her gun control fantasies do not happen....it hasn't shit to do with the NRA. It has to do with constitutionally impossible desires....bills which are determined by house and/or senate judiciary committees to no be able to withstand a constitutional challenge.
A prime example is "universal background checks". Why were sales between neighbors exempted in 1994? Hint, it has nothing to do with the NRA....beyond the NRA pointing out that the federal government has no jurisdiction to regulate intrastate sales of anything legal between private citizen residents of the same state....never have...the "commerce clause" prohibits just that. It will not happen without a constitutional amendment...and that isn't very likely.
No, the NRA only "wins" because most "reasonable restrictions" suggested by gun controllers are simply not constitutionally possible...they will fail under constitutional challenge with or without the NRA...the NRA only points this out.
Now I can't stand the leadership or politics of the NRA, but lying about the actual reality of this issue in favor of pointing toward a unicorn is no way to make improvement...it just insures more failure...vicious circle of the last 20 years...
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