Republicans and gun rights groups claim the Biden administration illegally distributed federal funding to states that did not qualify for a program designed to promote so-called “red flag” laws. The Biden administration has broken so many laws since day one that it is not a stretch to believe they are doing everything and anything to stop your right to defend yourself and the lives of your loved ones by attacking your gun rights.
Red flag laws are the snitch laws that pit one American against another. The Left will tell you that they are needed so that law enforcement can step in and respond to complaints filed against someone who is doing something questionable or nefarious with a firearm. But Americans have had that right all along. If someone is doing something unlawful or dangerous with a firearm, you can call the police.
The problem with most gun control laws is that Democrats always find ways to not enforce them. Take, for example, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland) mass shooting by Nikolas Cruz on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Local police were called to Cruz’s home nearly two dozen times when people called to complain about his reckless behavior with firearms. Police could have arrested him and could have confiscated his firearms, but they never did. That’s because President Barack Obama and his wingman Attorney General Eric Holder created a program to stop the “high school to prison pipeline” where they offered monetary awards to counties that helped children stay out of jail so that they could graduate high school and go to college instead of a prison cell. It sounded like a great program, but the Democrats in Broward County, Florida, among others that the Obama administration tested the program in, simply cut a deal with their police departments to not arrest juveniles for certain types of crimes. It was the age-old Democrat way of lowering crime rates. if you want to lower crime rates, stop arresting people for committing crimes.
In reaction to mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, in 2022, Congress passed and President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The law incentivizes states to implement extreme risk protection measures, or “red flag” laws, which allow members of the public and law enforcement to petition courts for a civil order temporarily suspending a person’s access to weapons because they are afraid that person would commit violence. After Second Amendment activists raised concerns, Congress inserted requirements that states vying for federal grants to enact red flag legislation contain some due process safeguards.
The problem is, the Biden administration is notorious for being lawless in most cases. The administration only adheres to the law when it supports them. Take the southern border humanitarian crisis the Biden administration has created by largely ignoring our immigration laws.
In a letter to the completely corrupt Attorney General Merrick Garland, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV), claim that the Justice Department has given federal monies to states that did not fulfill the minimal due process criteria. The letter accuses the Biden administration of bypassing Congress and seeks an explanation for why grants to at least eight states and territories with no red flag laws on the books obtained federal funds through the DOJ program. Seven Republican senators and 26 House members signed the letter.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELRed flag laws are designed by Democrats to intrude on Second Amendment rights by allowing an accuser to be anonymous, which takes away any trust in said laws. It’s strange how after every mass shooting, the Democrats want to attack law-abiding gun owners while never ever considering the criminals who actually did the crime.
“The Department of Justice appears to have weaponized the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to illegally fund ineligible ‘red flag’ laws and bribe pro-gun states into passing gun confiscation laws,” congressmen wrote.
“Since the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, no states have revised their statutes to comply with the ‘due process’ requirements imposed by the 117th Congress,” the letter adds. “Nevertheless, the Bureau of Justice Programs has funded every state that applied with a ‘red flag’ gun confiscation law on the books without enforcing Congress’ due process requirements. The federal government should have no part in funding state-level gun confiscation programs which violate the due process rights of gun owners.”
The Republicans claimed that Congress made it clear that the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act would not be used to persuade or incentivize states to adopt red flag laws and that federal funds would not be used to lobby state legislators.
“Disturbingly, several states and territories without ‘red flag’ laws on the books have been granted funding for the creation and implementation of such programs – including Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, and West Virginia,” the Republicans claimed.
“It appears that this Bipartisan Safer Communities Act grant program is being used by the federal government to influence states into enacting ‘red flag’ gun confiscation laws.”
Like everything else with this administration, what they are doing to take away your gun rights is an absolute disgrace.
