Biden Gaslights On Guns

The ease with which President Joe Biden and other leftists stand on the bodies of dead Americans to further divide us is disgusting. He did it again last night during an address to the nation on “gun violence.”

Biden began by saying that he didn’t want to ban guns. But then he talked about banning so-called “assault weapons,” and again demanded a radical proposal that would allow left-wing activists to sue firearms manufacturers into bankruptcy.

This is an absurd idea. No one is suggesting that Ford should be sued because some maniac drove a Ford SUV into a Christmas parade. But if you can’t buy a gun because no one makes them anymore, you’ve effectively banned guns.

Biden also threw out a hodgepodge of “do something” ideas. (I addressed the danger of the “do something” rhetoric earlier this week.) Some of those ideas might attract bipartisan support. 

Unfortunately, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rushing through a huge package of “gun control measures” that she knows will never pass the Senate. Even some Democrats disagree with what she’s doing. But that’s the point of this exercise. They don’t want legislation. They want a campaign issue, and Biden even said as much last night. 

Among all the “do something” ideas Biden mentioned, there was one missing that every Republican would support – strengthening security in our schools. 

It’s the most obvious thing, but the White House has already told us Biden is opposed to this commonsense idea. And many liberal politicians who are the loudest voices demanding “gun control” today pushed legislation to defund school police officers.