{"id":80307,"date":"2022-04-22T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=80307"},"modified":"2022-04-22T11:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:10:38","slug":"80307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=80307","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

As Crime Grows, Biden\u2019s Radical War On Self-Defense Is Alienating Voters<\/a><\/p>\n

President Joe Biden\u2019s unpopular gun control moves are doing little to appease his gun control donor class. Worse, those same moves are distancing him from voters that clearly see crime as a central issue and gun ownership as a right to be protected.<\/p>\n

Among the unpopular policy positions dragging down his presidency is his\u00a0myopic focus<\/a>\u00a0on gun control instead of crime control. The Biden White House has pursued the most far-reaching and radical gun control agenda of any president, previously naming a gun control lobbyist to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) whose nomination was\u00a0defeated<\/a> when not even all Senate Democrats could support the nominee.<\/p>\n

Biden has since\u00a0nominated<\/a>\u00a0Steve Dettelbach, who once\u00a0campaigned<\/a>\u00a0for public office on a gun control platform. President Biden is also\u00a0circumventing<\/a>\u00a0Congress\u2019s authority to write laws by issuing an administrative rule to redefine frames and receivers and ban arm braces on AR-style pistols and instituting a\u00a0top-down policy<\/a>\u00a0of \u201czero tolerance\u201d inspections that would revoke licenses of firearm retailers instead of working with small business owners to correct minor clerical errors.<\/p>\n

On top of that, President Biden is facing two additional factors not working in his favor on gun control and lawful gun ownership. Gun control groups are livid that President Biden hasn\u2019t delivered their goal of disarming the American population. He was\u00a0rated<\/a>\u00a0just a \u201cD+\u201d by gun control groups exasperated that he hasn\u2019t ruled like a dictator to unilaterally ban entire classes of firearms and delivered a laundry list of gun control \u201cmust-haves<\/a>,\u201d including a Cabinet-adjacent position that\u2019s outside of Senate confirmation to push even more gun control policies.<\/p>\n

Voters Are Worried About Criminals, Not Legal Gun Owners<\/h2>\n

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At the same time, many voters aren\u2019t behind Biden\u2019s radical gun control agenda. Support for gun control is dropping. After high-profile criminal incidents that captured the news cycles, including the New York City\u00a0subway attack<\/a>\u00a0and the gang-related murders in\u00a0Sacramento<\/a>, Calif., voters are seeing that gun control isn\u2019t the pressing issue. Crime is.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration is attempting to \u201cbait-and-switch\u201d public opinion to ignore inaction on curbing crime and lay the blame on lawful gun owners. The president has repeatedly used the bully pulpit to demand everything from universal background checks (which would require every law-abiding gun owner to be listed on a government watchlist) to the\u00a0repeal<\/a> of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which prevents frivolous lawsuits against the firearm industry for the actions of criminals.<\/p>\n

He repeats claims that have been\u00a0debunked<\/a>\u00a0time and again, including that Americans couldn\u2019t buy a cannon when the Bill of Rights was enacted. In fact, it is perfectly legal for an individual to own a cannon today.<\/p>\n

President Biden isn\u2019t just facing a public that\u2019s more concerned about crime than cracking down on gun owners. He\u2019s also facing an electorate that\u00a0abandoned him<\/a>\u00a0on his push to relegate lawful gun ownership to the fringe.<\/p>\n

Gun Owners Are Growing and Diversifying<\/h2>\n

More than\u00a021 million<\/a>\u00a0background checks were conducted for the sale of a firearm in 2020, the year Biden was elected. Another\u00a018.5 million<\/a>\u00a0were tallied in 2021. Among those gun buyers were nearly 14 million between\u00a02020<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02021<\/a>\u00a0who purchased a firearm for the first time.<\/p>\n

Those gun owners are increasingly from many parts of America, with\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans taking up lawful gun ownership.\u00a0Women<\/a> gun owners are increasingly a larger force in firearm purchasers, making up one of the fastest-growing demographics of gun owners.<\/p>\n

Simple election math indicates these are growing gun-owning demographic groups that don\u2019t easily overlay traditional Republican voters. That means the gun-owning tent is getting bigger and makes the path to winning a White House election more complicated than parroting the talking points fed by special interest gun control groups.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s got some analysts warning Democrats \u2013 including President Biden \u2013 to back off of their gun control push. Richard Feldman, president of the Independent Firearm Owners Association,\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in an op-ed saying the substantial increases of women and minority gun owners over the past two years are changing the calculus. These are core Democrat voting blocks.<\/p>\n

More troubling for Democrats is that, even a few years ago,\u00a048 percent<\/a>\u00a0of self-identified independents said they owned or lived with someone who owned a gun. That swayable middle is the crown jewel in any election.<\/p>\n

Voting Blocks Are Already Shifting<\/h2>\n

According to Feldman, last year\u2019s off-cycle elections in New Jersey and Virginia are telling. New Jersey\u2019s Republican state Sen. Ed Durr defeated long-serving Democrat state Senate President Steve Sweeney by 2,300 votes in deep-blue New Jersey. Durr initiated his campaign because he couldn\u2019t obtain a concealed-carry permit.<\/p>\n

While critical race theory in education was the hottest-button issue in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial race, former Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe campaigned on expanding gun control in the Commonwealth, including an outright ban on AR-15s. Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vowed to protect gun rights. Feldman pointed out that a 1 percent shift in the voter turnout would mean McAuliffe would be governor today.<\/p>\n

Virginia\u2019s Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears embodied the shift in voting blocks that helped hand victory to the Republican ticket. She\u2019s African-American and her campaign photos included some of her holding her AR-15. Sears told\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI look like the strategy\u201d for future elections.<\/p>\n

That means rethinking where certain demographics fall in the political spectrum. Attitudes are shifting, and new gun owners of all backgrounds are voting with their wallets when it comes to their values of lawful firearm ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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