{"id":2778,"date":"2024-09-11T16:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:16:46","slug":"incoming-assault-weapons-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2778","title":{"rendered":"Incoming \u201cAssault Weapons\u201d Ban?\u200a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Anti-gunners will never let a tragedy go to waste.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Kamala Harris immediately weaponized last week\u2019s tragic shooting in Georgia by calling for the confiscation of your firearms and a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the 2024 election nearly 50 DAYS away, Kamala and the gun control lobby are going all in to try and make the Second Amendment the top issue for the final stretch of the election\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026And they\u2019re hoping they can get enough weak-kneed Republicans and \u201cpro-gun\u201d Democrats to cave under pressure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we need your help to CRUSH any attempt by Congress and the White House to target our God-given rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/links.gunowners.org\/u\/click?_t=9eecc33c6c1b40cf9ba24a311369bddc&amp;_m=ee9c921c7fc04908945e6b04bf498b96&amp;_e=CtAw-n0HugbvOS78xfS-MnXCxpsoxCQVTuLpuMHREz9MNGvdZoSlNLqR75ag1aeTFaf-xO07FGXe804_nV1DPlLV3AdIeAZ_Q5OjTVIiIBfyEHKVvxvpVAS09Gmyk9actAqh9r_71yUr-sevy88Fa8FFuvRaO2zo6HS8Leas_V2bKKthpx0rj9pzTQHv5JJDWDyzr8OsOCrdEN2ZHjRUYOiFLjdT4iriZzrhri04z_vf1i7Y4tcWos0EjH_V_0xh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please add your name to our pre-written letter urging your Representative and two Senators to say NO to an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban \u2013 as well as ANY infringement upon our Second Amendment rights.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/links.gunowners.org\/u\/click?_t=9eecc33c6c1b40cf9ba24a311369bddc&amp;_m=ee9c921c7fc04908945e6b04bf498b96&amp;_e=CtAw-n0HugbvOS78xfS-MnXCxpsoxCQVTuLpuMHREz9MNGvdZoSlNLqR75ag1aeTFaf-xO07FGXe804_nV1DPnEV_OnUM2rZBuyvS7UpGbBuY5DevCoZS6u12SY8GDiK5MH7aTx5PYqp7KwJ8a6RkM8a9dkk8liNxWyRKaxspGY4ajbrZJFsXzLqysFWjpObYUkahvN--yiBJaDzkkUmFt1VCNoPKYgDNAIVcyKxN9dgLJyQQvl-LljF_JFnUkt-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As was the case in the mass murder in Georgia, the ONLY thing that can stop a deranged killer is a good guy with a gun.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala\u2019s gun confiscation plan will only take guns out of the hands of everyday heroes we rely on to stop these murderers dead in their tracks.<\/p>\n<p>But there is something else that can be done to discourage would-be mass murderers \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t involve laying a finger on the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A study conducted by the American Psychological Association found that media coverage may be DOUBLING the number of mass shootings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of these killers are craving their moment in the national spotlight. They want the world to know their name.<\/p>\n<p>The killer in Georgia was enthralled with the Sandy Hook murderer. The Covenant School mass murderer wanted to impress the Columbine killers. The Parkland murderer was craving publicity.<\/p>\n<p>And sadly, the anti-gun media is giving them exactly what they want by talking about them ad infinitum.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Kamala\u2019s confiscation plan <em>also<\/em> gives these mass murderers exactly what they want.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the killer in Buffalo, New York admitted in his disgusting manifesto that \u201cheavy gun laws\u201d played an important role in his selecting the location he chose to commit his heinous crime.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, he admitted that because of New York\u2019s strict gun control laws, it would comfort him to know that \u201cany legally armed civilian [would be] limited to 10 round magazines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, in addition to telling Congress to keep their hands off of the Second Amendment, we\u2019re also calling on them to support legislation (S. Con. Res 15 &amp; H. Con. Res. 58) that would discourage \u2013 <em>not mandate<\/em> \u2013 media outlets from lionizing these mass public murderers by talking about them endlessly by encouraging them to voluntarily adopt responsible reporting practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/links.gunowners.org\/u\/click?_t=9eecc33c6c1b40cf9ba24a311369bddc&amp;_m=ee9c921c7fc04908945e6b04bf498b96&amp;_e=CtAw-n0HugbvOS78xfS-MnXCxpsoxCQVTuLpuMHREz9MNGvdZoSlNLqR75ag1aeTFaf-xO07FGXe804_nV1DPmoEBd_kmpWFZBiQ2e8V9ohCRD_XElo_MmsBU7Zsiedxqjoj3MyEiefwOE72ONQ85w23uhSaBtiKHBDYDr3g8KLGOUOfPgykU03PqDB8HAJgPvIHKDwC9JOU0YTzUCWqXUdW-iJBjbEOKPcwb-GWojQXW7HVGTZZ0bbaJ_ArGIVf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So please, add your name to our pre-written letter urging your Representative and two Senators to say NO to an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban \u2013 as well as ANY infringement upon our Second Amendment rights.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/na090924\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-gunners will never let a tragedy go to waste. Kamala Harris immediately weaponized last week\u2019s tragic shooting in Georgia by calling for the confiscation of your firearms and a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d With the 2024 election nearly 50 DAYS away, Kamala and the gun control lobby are going all in to try and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2a-rights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}