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by Texas_Blaze
Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:32 pm
Forum: General Legislative Discussions
Topic: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick attacks NRA and Supports expanded background checks
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Re: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick attacks NRA and Supports expanded background checks

carlson1 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:15 pm Obvious there are more people killed my drunk drivers. So the analogy would be then that every car sold should have an ignition interlock device (IID) installed even thou there are people like me that do not even drink.

More intrusion from the government on law abiding citizens.
I understand the sentiment. But without laws there can be no law abiding citizens. Ironically, the converse can be true as well. All laws are an intrusion onto those that, given the absence of laws, would still behave in an ethical manner. Personally I’d rather refer to ethics than to law abiding since one day I may no longer be law abiding, forced into such a position by the laws imposed, and yet still ethical. My detractors would then mock my prior proclamation of being law abiding.

My point is mainly that the law abiding citizen term is rather dependent on circumstances, ethics isn’t.
by Texas_Blaze
Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: General Legislative Discussions
Topic: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick attacks NRA and Supports expanded background checks
Replies: 107
Views: 70373

Re: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick attacks NRA and Supports expanded background checks

Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:05 pm
NRA/ILA wrote:FAIRFAX, Va.– The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action released the following statement on Friday regarding Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's recent comments on gun control proposals:

"With due respect, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s “proposals” would resurrect the same broken, Bloomberg-funded failures that were attempted under the Obama administration. Like most political gambits, Lt. Gov. Patrick’s “solution” precedes his possession of the facts, including this critical concession by the Obama administration: Criminalizing private firearm transfers would require a massive, governmental gun registration scheme. Instead of trampling the freedom of law-abiding Americans, the government should focus upon actual solutions: fixing our broken mental health system, prosecuting known criminals and enforcing the existing gun laws that require follow-up whenever a prohibited person tries to buy a firearm. In the meantime, the NRA remains at the forefront of legitimate efforts to combat crime in our country. We encourage Lt. Gov. Patrick to join us in support of the same."


Arm yourself with the facts at nraila.org.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/2019090 ... -proposals

Like Speaker Bonnen before him, Lt. Gov. Patrick seems to be under the erroneous belief that a prior good voting record means he can do and say anything he wishes without alienating gun-owners and former supporters.

Chas.
The same holds for the Federal Executive Branch. I’ll remember the bumpstock infringement. I guess every voting person has a line in the sand, which if crossed, support is withdrawn.

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