In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment — the attacks are fast and furious — starting the minute that Crooked Joe shuffles his way out of the White House.
Supporters view it as a way to force gun owners, dealers and manufacturers to chip in to cover some of the societal toll of gun violence, while opponents call it an affront to the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Many believe that as a head coach in Colorado, whose opinions about gun culture are quite divided, Sanders is promoting guns. He, however, insists that his approach continues to encompass practical needs and does not promote a certain type of gun culture.
Second Amendment advocate Jane Milhans is especially worried about the judges whom Harris may appoint if she is elected president, which could affect legal battles over gun control at both the state and federal level.
“If Trump is reelected, there’s no more White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention,” said Adzi Vokhiwa, vice president of policy at the Community Justice Action Fund, a gun violence prevention group. “I think all of that goes away.”
I gave little thought to gun violence or gun policy in America. I did not grow up with firearms, did not live proximate to endemic violence, nor was prevention a major political agenda.
Secret Service leaders meddled in an independent government investigation of the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and are still not following many basic agency security protocols.
Despite grassroots advocacy by liberals, conservative resistance to gun control has deflated the issue to the point that it barely registers in the US presidential campaign.
Stanton purchased a gun “just for my safety. Not only for me, but also for my family — you know, going about it in the right way, getting a license,” he said. “And also actually exercising my Second Amendment right.”
Gun culture 3.0 raises the question of what will happen after Nov. 5. Regardless of what the American electorate does on election day, it’s hard to imagine a scenario that doesn’t enable violence.
