I can’t control what someone thinks, but I can say if I think they’re stupid.<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s HHS Pick Thinks AR-15s Are \u2018Not In Common Use For Self Defense\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, said AR-15s are akin to military-grade weapons and not useful for self defense in a 2019 court filing.<\/p>\n The AG\u2019s statements were included in a court case that challenged California\u2019s gun ban titled Rupp v. Becerra, in which multiple state residents sued government officials to overturn the prohibition of certain semi-automatic firearms. Becerra, an advocate for the Affordable Care Act, was announced as Biden\u2019s pick to lead HHS Sunday, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n \u201cAssault rifles may be banned because they are, like the M-16, \u2018weapons that are most useful in military service\u2019\u2019; and \u2018they are also not \u2018in common use\u2019 for lawful purposes like self-defense,’\u201d Becerra wrote in defense of California\u2019s weapon ban.<\/p>\n The AG also argued, citing Kolbe v. Hogan, a prominent gun case, that an M-16, a military rifle capable of firing fully automatic, is less lethal than an AR-15, which is incapable of transitioning to fully automatic fire, the court document read. Becerra also presented an argument from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence which alleged that \u201cassault weapons\u201d possess \u201cno legitimate civilian purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to utilizing military features useful in combat, but which have no legitimate civilian purpose, assault weapons are exceedingly dangerous if used in self defense, because the bullets many of the weapons fire are designed to penetrate humans and will penetrate structures, and therefore pose a heightened risk of hitting innocent bystanders,\u201d the Brady Center wrote.<\/p>\n The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates nearly 20 million rifles that may be classified as \u201cassault weapons\u201d by the state of California have been in circulation in the U.S. since 1990, according to a report.<\/p>\n Becerra also teamed up with Giffords Law Center, a prominent anti-Second Amendment group, and filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to demand the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) \u201ccorrect its interpretation of what qualifies as a firearm,\u201d according to a late September press release.<\/p>\n The lawsuit sought to effectively ban 80% receivers, which are unfinished firearm components that are not classified as complete guns in the eyes of the ATF. The AG referred to the unfinished components as \u201cghost guns.\u201d<\/p>\n Companies like 80% Arms sell unfinished handgun and rifle receivers where the buyer can order items directly to their home without undergoing a background check<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t control what someone thinks, but I can say if I think they’re stupid. Biden\u2019s HHS Pick Thinks AR-15s Are \u2018Not In Common Use For Self Defense\u2019 California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, said AR-15s are akin to military-grade weapons and not … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62593","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=62593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62594,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62593\/revisions\/62594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}