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WHAT YOU DIDN\u2019T HEAR IN THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH ABOUT CRATERING GUN CONTROL SUPPORT<\/a><\/p>\n

Those tuning in to watch President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address saw and heard a few things when he entered the U.S. House of Representatives to address Congress and the nation. There is a new Speaker of the House \u2013 Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). He was seated next to Vice President Kamala Harris, a visual reminder of the divided government. Military generals and U.S. Supreme Court justices were in attendance, along with Members of Congress and senators.<\/p>\n

President Biden banged the usual drum\u00a0demanding<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to renew the Assault Weapons Ban. That\u2019s the law he along with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)\u00a0ushered in in 1994 and President Bill Clinton signed into law that banned the sale of Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs). That ban expired in 2004 and the semiautomatic rifle has since become the most-popular selling centerfire rifle in America \u2013 with over 24.4 million in circulation today.<\/p>\n

President Biden scolded Congress for not sending him legislation to renew this unconstitutional ban on these commonly-owned commonly-used rifles. Never mind that the U.S. Supreme Court made clear in the\u00a0Heller<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0McDonald<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Bruen<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0decisions that any such ban is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

What President Biden didn\u2019t tell the American public \u2013 and won\u2019t \u2013 is what the rest of America is saying about any proposed ban. Over half the country doesn\u2019t want it, according to a recent poll by\u00a0ABC News\/Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Cratering Support<\/h4>\n

Respondents to the poll released just days before the State of the Union speech showed that 51 percent surveyed oppose any such ban. That\u2019s a 10-point increase from 2019 when the same question was asked. Just 47 percent of those responding \u2013 a nine point drop \u2013 voiced support for banning MSRs, the second lowest percentage reported since the question was put forth in the polls starting in 1995.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not something President Biden will admit to the American public. Instead, he stuck to his worn-out tropes to demonize the rifle as he\u2019s repeatedly done in the past. He called it an \u201cassault weapon.\u201d It\u2019s not. The MSR is a semiautomatic rifle that operates the same way as popular duck hunting shotguns and semiautomatic handguns used every day for personal protection. One cartridge is expended each time the trigger is pressed.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just one of President Biden\u2019s favorite falsehoods about firearms, which have been fact-checked time an again.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you realize the bullet out of an AR-15 travels five times as rapidly as a bullet shot out of any other gun?\u201d President Biden said in Pennsylvania last summer. Not true. Fox News\u00a0referenced<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0a Field & Stream study of cartridge speeds that shot that one down.<\/p>\n

President Biden, in that same Pennsylvania speech, questioned the rationale of why anyone would use MSRs outside of combat. Again, the president is conflating the military\u2019s automatic M-16 and M-4 with MSRs, but he clearly ignores that these rifles are used for lawful purposes every day, including hunting, recreational target shooting and self-defense.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t done. He also claimed that federally-licensed firearm retailers are \u201cproviding the weapons to anybody who has the money.\u201d Again, not true. Firearms are sold only to those who are over the age of 18 and clear the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).<\/p>\n

Presidential Patterns<\/h4>\n

This wasn\u2019t the first time President Biden used the State of the Union to spread half-truths. Last year, he scolded Congress to give him one of his gun control wish-list items repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).<\/p>\n

\u201cRepeal the liability shield that makes gun manufacturers the only industry in America that can\u2019t be sued, the only one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press\u00a0called him out<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on that lie.<\/p>\n

AP reported \u201cTHE FACTS: That\u2019s false. While gun manufacturers do have legal protections from being held liable for injuries caused by criminal misuse of their weapons thanks to the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, they are not exempt or immune from being sued.\u201d<\/p>\n

PLCAA protection<\/strong>s<\/a>\u00a0aren\u2019t dissimilar to other industries, including pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacturers.<\/p>\n

President Biden demanded unconstitutional gun bans to score a few cheap political points with radical special-interest gun control groups. The problem for Americans is he does it while ignoring the Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court decisions to uphold the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and now ignores the citizens themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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