In his frustration with the Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer over the government shutdown, President Trump is calling for the elimination of the filibuster.
This may sound good to many, but the Gun Owners of America says this is a bad idea that could lead to more Second Amendment attack legislation.
They wrote:
With President Donald Trump urging the U.S. Senate to do away with the filibuster to put an end to the government shutdown, one gun-rights group is sounding the alarm on that proposal.
On November 4, Gun Owners of America (GOA) issued a national alert encouraging members to “save” the filibuster for the good of the Second Amendment.
“President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to use the ‘nuclear option’ and eliminate the filibuster to reopen the government,” the GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt wrote in the alert. “Destroying the filibuster would be a disaster for the Second Amendment. The truth is, the filibuster is the critical tool that GOA has used for years to defeat mandatory gun registration, bans on common firearms, crushing restrictions on gun shows, national gun confiscation laws and countless other gun-grabbing schemes.”
As Pratt further noted, if the filibuster is nuked, there will be nothing left to stop a flood of anti-gun legislation in the future.
“If the filibuster falls, no matter who demands it, the gun control crowd in Congress will ram every radical gun control bill into law,” Pratt wrote. “That’s why your action is absolutely critical, right now. I need you to send a message to your senators today. Tell them: Protect the filibuster and don’t give up the ONE tool that’s topped gun control for decades! Enshrine the filibuster into law.”
I agree with the GOA. The filibuster has been a protection against lunatic legislation.
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