@Olivier5,
Olivier5 wrote:Could you translate that in normal language?
"I'll support HR 8 if it is amended to require the government to conduct all background checks within 24 hours."
HR 8 is a bill passed by the federal House of Representatives (and is being ignored by the Republican-controlled Senate) that would require background checks for many private gun sales that currently do not require a background check.
Currently background checks are allowed to take up to three days. There is no reason why they cannot be done instantly. 24 hours is more than enough time.
"I'll support a red flag law (presuming it has adequate due process) if it is tied to the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act."
Red flag laws allow people to report someone who they believe is a danger to themselves or others, potentially resulting in their firearms being seized by the police.
Due process means adequate court hearings to have a judge determine whether the accusations are well founded, to prevent innocent people from being harmed by malicious false accusations.
The federal government is currently perpetrating a pernicious atrocity against our war veterans. If a war veteran receives benefits for a mental disability and is not in charge of his own finances, he is barred from having guns. The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act will outlaw this outrageous practice, allowing these disabled veterans to have their guns again.
"I'll stand neutral on placing high capacity magazines under the National Firearms Act if the measure is tied to concealed carry reciprocity, and if it does not touch assault weapons."
The National Firearms Act is our federal law governing private ownership of things like machine guns and heavy artillery.
Placing high capacity magazines under the NFA would require people to pay a one-time $200 tax for each high capacity magazine that they own, and would require them to get specific permission from their chief of police (or sheriff, if they live outside a city) for
each individual high capacity magazine that they own. The same tax and permission would be required for any new acquisitions as well.
The police chief (or sheriff) can deny permission for any reason (or for no reason) if they choose. The end result would likely be a de-facto ban on high capacity magazines in large cities, as urban police chiefs will likely deny permission to everyone. Meanwhile in rural counties, where the majority of people like high capacity magazines, sheriffs will likely give permission for people to own them.
The tight legal regulations on possession of the magazines means that rural areas will not be a major source for large magazines to illicitly enter areas where they are not allowed.
Concealed carry reciprocity would be a federal law mandating that all states must honor a concealed carry license issued by any other state.
So a concealed carry license issued in rural Michigan would be valid in downtown Manhattan. And if any NYC leftists don't want me to be able to carry a gun in downtown Manhattan, that would be too bad for them.
"No on HR 1112 however. HR 1112 is just full of bad."
HR 1112 would take that outrageous measure that is being perpetrated against our disabled war veterans and extend it to disabled civilians. The Democrats have high hopes for abusing the definition of "disabled" to take guns from more and more people. I am convinced that the Democrats hope to eventually say that even people who wear glasses must be barred from having guns.
HR 1112 would also make people wait for up to 10 business days to pass a background check.