AmmoLand – by AWR HawkinsWashington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- President Obama has requested $1.1 billion and the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked for $382.1 million for gun control “to protect Americans from gun violence.”
Included in the DOJ’s $382.1 million figure is a request for $2 million for smart gun technology grants.
According to The Washington Beacon, Obama’s $1.1 billion “[includes] $182 million to support the president’s ‘Now is the Time’ gun safety initiative.”
“Now is the Time“ includes the following:
1. Require background checks for all gun sales.2. Strengthen the background check system for gun sales.
3. Pass a new, stronger ban on assault weapons.
4. Limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
4. Finish the job of getting armor-piercing bullets off the streets
5. Give law enforcement additional tools to prevent and prosecute gun crime
6. End the freeze on gun violence research
7. Make our schools safer with new resource officers and counselors, better emergency response plans, and more nurturing school climates.
8. Ensure quality coverage of mental health treatment, particularly for young people.
As previously reported, expanded background checks would not have stopped the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary; even Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) admit this.
Moreover, as we reported on April 7th 2014, murder rates were 19.3 percent higher while the federal “assault weapons” ban was in place (1994-2004).
Why would we, then, spend over a hundred million dollars instituting another ban?
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AWR Hawkins writes for all the BIG sites, for Pajamas Media, for RedCounty.com, for Townhall.com and now AmmoLand Shooting Sports News.
His southern drawl is frequently heard discussing his take on current events on radio shows like America’s Morning News, the G. Gordon Liddy Show, the Ken Pittman Show, and the NRA’s Cam & Company, among others. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (summer 2010), and he holds a PhD in military history from Texas Tech University.
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More BS from the White House Mafia. Now is the time for Congress to tell the Whithouse trash to shut up and bring to light Fast and Furious, IRS problem and of course WHAT DOES IT MATTER….
TREASON!
Eric holder needs to shut the f#@k up. Why is everyone pussy footing around this clown? Contempt of congress! What other excuse do we need to take his ass down? He should be in jail right now but all of our representitives are to busy touching kids our banging hookers so of course no one throws stones when they live in a glass house.