Gun Control Hits Ballots
in Four States across the Nation, by Jenn Jacques
8/22/16
The Second
Amendment is absolutely on the ballot in 2016, and that extends much further
than the race for President of the United States.
This November,
voters in four states across the nation will be casting their vote on
several gun control ballot measures. This includes
voters in the state of California, where residents will choose whether to
ban large-capacity magazines under Proposition 63. The measure, introduced by Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, would also require
Californians to complete a background check on all ammunition
purchases.
Ballots in the
state of Washington will hold Initiative 1491, the Individual Gun Access Prevention by Court Order. Voters will
decide whether to allow the government to strip people who are ‘subject to
extreme risk protection orders’ of their gun rights. The measure cites people
with active restraining orders against them as well as individuals
‘risk of suicide’, but no mention of due process or penalties for falsely
accusing individuals.
Finally, in
both Maine and Nevada,
residents will have an opportunity to vote on whether they want
background checks to extend to private gun sales.
“2016 will be
the year of gun sense,” said Kate Folmar, a spokeswoman at Everytown for Gun
Safety. “If elected leaders themselves won’t change the laws that make it too
easy for dangerous people to get weapons, the American people will change them
themselves.”
“After decades
of legislative and electoral defeat, the gun control lobby has resorted to
buying gun control by spending [Michael] Bloomberg’s billions to impose his New
York style gun-control through the ballot initiative process,” said
Jennifer Baker, an NRA spokeswoman.
“He can buy his
way onto the ballot but the NRA is committed to exposing his lies and defeating
the gun control ballot initiatives that in fact would not prevent criminals
from getting guns but instead make it harder for law-abiding citizens to
exercise their constitutional right to self- protection.”
Senator Eric
Brakey of Maine, one of the leading opponents of the ballot measure in the
Pine Tree State, said he’s most worried about what may come down the slippery
slope in the years after the measure is approved.
“That’s when
you start seeing bans on particular firearms, and then they come knocking on
your door because you have a prohibited firearm that’s registered to you at
your home,” Brakey said.
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Comments
These
votes are unconstitutional and should be blocked by the Courts. States cannot
take away rights guaranteed in the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and other
Amendments.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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