{"id":107441,"date":"2025-02-11T19:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T01:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=107441"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T01:18:01","slug":"107441","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=107441","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-Gun Fury over Trump 2A Exec. Order; Dem States Could Double Down<\/a><\/p>\n

Washington gun owners expect Democrats who control the state legislature to double down on gun control in response to President Trump\u2019s executive order protecting the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n

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While the reaction from gun prohibition lobbying groups to President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0executive order<\/a>\u00a0to protect the Second Amendment was predictable fury, grassroots gun rights activists in the Pacific Northwest\u2014where Democrats are in control\u2014expect them to \u201cdouble-down\u201d in retaliation.<\/p>\n

The question was raised on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, and remarks posted in response to this question\u2014As Trump dismantles Biden\u2019s gun control agenda, will Washington Democrats double down out of spite?\u2014<\/strong>tell the tale. More about this in a minute.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s 451-word executive order met with immediate resistance from gun control groups, exemplified by\u00a0Common Dreams<\/a>, \u201cAn executive order issued Friday by President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0that aims to rollback gun control measures instituted by his predecessor received a swift rebuke from critics who said the order should be seen as a giveaway to the profit-hungry gun industry at the expense of a society ruthlessly harmed by gun violence year after year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s order covers all actions during the period from January 2021 through January 2025 focusing on rules promulgated by the Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives during that time period. It also directs the Attorney General to review reports and related documents issued by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which President Trump has abolished.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJoe Biden and Kamala Harris waged war on American gun owners and the Second Amendment for four long years,\u201d Alan Gottlieb at the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms recalled, \u201ctreating the right to keep and bear arms like a government-regulated privilege. That ended January 20, and we are looking ahead to actions by the Trump administration which will reverse Biden\u2019s policies and correct the harm he has done.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it could take some time to reverse what Biden did over the course of four years. And here\u2019s a fear of the gun ban crowd acknowledged by Chip Brownlee, writing at\u00a0The Trace<\/a>: \u201cIf the Justice Department declines to defend the current federal laws in court, it would significantly raise the chances of them being ruled unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Question: If something actually is unconstitutional, why should the Justice Department defend it in court? After all, isn\u2019t that the rationale behind language in the Bruen ruling which did away with \u201cmeans-end scrutiny,\u201d which essentially gave preference to a \u201cgovernment interest\u201d over a constitutionally-enumerated fundamental right?<\/p>\n

The \u201cplan of action\u201d contained in the president\u2019s executive order is plainly at odds with what the gun prohibition lobby seems to appreciate about the Biden administration\u2019s gun control actions.<\/p>\n

\u201c(a)\u00a0Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.<\/strong>
\n\u201c(b)\u00a0 In developing such proposed plan of action, the Attorney General shall review, at a minimum:<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(i) All Presidential and agencies\u2019 actions from January 2021 through January 2025 that purport to promote safety but may have impinged on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens\u2026\u201d<\/strong>
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This appears to be what anti-gunners fear most; the revelation that Biden-era \u201cgun safety\u201d efforts were actually unconstitutional. Something determined by the courts to violate constitutional rights is pretty difficult to defend.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, concerns expressed by Northwest grassroots activists should not be overlooked or dismissed as so much paranoia. Out in Washington state, gun owners consider themselves \u201cbehind enemy lines\u201d and are currently battling what Democrats in Olympia\u2014the state capital\u2014are trying to do. As the saying goes, It\u2019s not really paranoia if \u201cthey\u201d actually are out to get you.<\/p>\n

Under consideration right now are House Bills\u00a01132<\/a>,\u00a01152<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a01163<\/a>\u00a0all adding new restrictions on gun owners. They all passed out of committee on 8-5 party-line votes. All three bills share many of the same sponsors, all Democrats.<\/p>\n

SHB 1132 (Substitute House Bill) claims to \u201cenhance public safety by limiting bulk purchases and transfers of firearms and ammunition.\u201d It places a limit of one firearm purchase per month, and limits gun owners to purchasing a maximum of 1,000 rounds of ammunition regardless of caliber or gauge in a 30-day period, except for .50-caliber ammunition, which is limited to 100 rounds per month.<\/p>\n

HB 1153 mandates so-called \u201csecure storage\u201d of firearms when not in use. It ratchets down on leaving firearms in vehicles, with some exceptions, and in residences. Violators would be subject to fines of up to $1,000. It isn\u2019t clear how the requirement would be enforced.<\/p>\n

SHB 1163 (Substitute House Bill) creates a permit-to-purchase requirement, requiring proof of training to include a live-fire exercise, and it would also apply to obtaining a concealed pistol license.<\/p>\n

Responding to the original question above, more than three dozen Washington gun owners have replied so far.<\/p>\n

Says respondent Bob Smith: \u201cDemocrats in Washington are out to destroy conservatives in general. My personal experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Wasson predicted Massachusetts Democrats will double down.<\/p>\n

Another man, Lee James Thieman, observed, \u201cSpite is the only motivation for anything they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well-known Second Amendment activist Daniel G. Mitchell observed, \u201cThey can\u2019t stand freedom and will do anything to resist it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anti-Gun Fury over Trump 2A Exec. Order; Dem States Could Double Down Washington gun owners expect Democrats who control the state legislature to double down on gun control in response to President Trump\u2019s executive order protecting the Second Amendment. While the reaction from gun prohibition lobbying groups to President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0executive order\u00a0to protect the Second … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,79,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-government","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107442,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107441\/revisions\/107442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}