'Democrats Filibustered My Background Checks Amendment': Ted Cruz Confronted On Mass Shootings

[basquebromance]

God Bless The Democrats

 

[Batcat]

God Bless The Democrats

Why do you say “God bless the Democrats“ when what Cruz was trying to do was to improve the NICS background check system? The Democrats stopped his bill.

The NICS backgorund check obviously needs improvement.

Gun background check system riddled with flaws

Many states still aren't meeting key benchmarks with their background check reporting.

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Also in my opinion people who lie on the NICS background check paperwork should be fined if not sentenced to prison. The way it is now a bad guy can take the chance theat he can pass the background check and buy a nice new gun if he just lies on the form. If he gets rejected no big deal, he just walks out of the store.

Hunter Biden lied on a background check form when he bought a gun.

Hunter Biden Reportedly Violated Federal Law by Lying on Background Check

Hunter Biden may have committed a felony offense by lying on a background check before purchasing a gun, Politico reported on Thursday. Biden answered “no” in response to the question “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any...

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[KissMy]

Lying Ted strikes again! Repubtards are the ones who advocate for criminals to have guns.

 

[Batcat]

Lying Ted strikes again! Repubtards are the ones who advocate for criminals to have guns.

Many Democrats want to confiscate all civilian owned firearms. Republicans want to keep the right to own firearms but also want to keep them out of the hands of criminals. That’s why Ted wanted to improve the NICS background check system.

While a high percentage of Democrats want to confiscate alll firearms a number of Democrat prosecutors aren’t prosecuting gun crimes by criminals. Perhaps the Democrats want to allow the bad guys to have firearms not not the good guys.

State Investigating Krasner's Failure To Prosecute Gun Crimes

By Ralph Cipriano for BigTrial.net The Judiciary Committee of the state House of Representatives, now considering a proposal to impeach Phi...

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Krasner Runs From Record Of Futility In Prosecuting Gun Crimes

By Ralph Cipriano for BigTrial.net It was like watching a game of pin the tail on the donkey. For 12 minutes yesterday morning, Fox 29 Good ...

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New Manhattan DA...is more pro crime than the last one.

Did Adams specifically address Bragg's proposal with respect to armed robbery? A quote from Adams to the effect would be appreciated. Looks to me like...

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[2aguy]

Lying Ted strikes again! Repubtards are the ones who advocate for criminals to have guns.

Moron...it is democrat party prosecutors and judges who are releasing violent gun offenders over and over again...you shithead.......Republicans keep trying to stop the democrats, but they keep releasing gun offenders...you have to explain why they are doing that....

California Democrats hate the gun, not the gunman – Orange County Register

Now that Democrats have supermajorities in the California state Legislature, they’ve rolled into Sacramento with a zest for lowering the state’s prison population and have interpreted St. Augustine’s words of wisdom to mean, “Hate the gun, not the gunman.”

I say this because, once they finally took a break from preaching about the benefits of stricter gun control, the state Senate voted to loosen sentencing guidelines for criminals convicted of gun crimes.

Currently, California law requires anyone who uses a gun while committing a felony to have their sentence increased by 10 years or more in prison — on top of the normal criminal penalty. If enacted, Senate Bill 620 would eliminate that mandate.

The bill, which passed on a 22-14 party-line vote, with support only from Democrats, now heads to the state Assembly for consideration.

Republicans and the National Rifle Association have vowed to campaign against it.

Why have Democrats suddenly developed a soft spot for criminals convicted of gun crimes? The bill’s author, state Sen. Steve Bradford, D-Gardena, says that he was motivated to write the bill after a 17-year-old riding in a car involved in a drive-by shooting was sentenced to 25 years in prison, even though he claims that he wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger.

and for all those anti-gunners who want to know where criminals get guns....well...this law lowers the prison time for those who give guns to criminals.....

Why is that?

Prop. 57, for example, very deceptively and fundamentally changed the definition of what constitutes a “non-violent” offense.


supplying a firearm to a gang member,

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felon obtaining a firearm,

discharging a firearm on school grounds

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed Cook County’s State Attorney Kim Foxx for not bringing charges in a deadly West Side shooting – and Foxx is hitting back.

One person was killed and several others injured on Friday when a shootout broke out among alleged gang members in the Austin neighborhood that was caught on police cameras – but Foxx didn’t charge five suspects saying there was insufficient evidence.

Chicago mayor, State Attorney Kim Foxx clash over deadly shootout

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ripped Cook County’s State Attorney Kim Foxx for not bringing charges in a deadly West Side shooting – and Foxx is retaliating.

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Chicago has Wild West levels of homicide.

(Worse, in fact; the criminality and violence of the ungoverned West has been greatly exaggerated, and some of those old cow towns had lower per capita crime rates back when they had no formal government than they do today.)

Do you know what kind of crime illegal possession of a firearm is in the state of Illinois?

It is a misdemeanor.

A 2014 study conducted by the Chicago Sun-Times found that in most cases, Cook County judges handed down the minimum sentence for gun possession, and in most cases, the criminals ended up serving far less than that, doing only a few months.

Those charged with simple possession had an average of four prior arrests; those charged with the more serious crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm had an average of ten previous arrests.

Ten arrests, and the eleventh is for a gun-related crime.

One wonders how many undetected crimes are covered by such criminal careers.

Many in Illinois have argued that, given the state of crime there, stiffer sentences are warranted.

A bill was introduced to that end, and it was opposed by Democrats who argued that stiffer sentences for those actually committing crimes with guns would “unfairly target African-Americans,” as the Sun-Times put it.

The NRA, to its discredit, opposed that bill, too, arguing that the penalties for simple possession in absence of other criminal activity were too stiff.

But that’s an argument for liberalizing Illinois gun laws, not for forgoing the punishment of criminals.

The NRA did support harsher punishment for felons in possession of firearms, and for the use of firearms in crimes. Democrats have generally opposed them.
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NY Major Crime Soars. Police Blame Bail Reform.

According to the NYPD, compared to February 2019, major crimes grew 22.5%; in addition, the city suffered a 7.1% increase in shootings. The city also saw a rise in robbery, assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny, according to Fox News.

The NYPD revealed that New York prosecutors declined to prosecute 803 crimes in January and February; last year that figure was 527 cases.
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Virginia Dems Kill Bill That Targeted Criminals Who Use Guns

While Virginia Democrats are merrily approving gun control laws aimed at the state’s legal gun owners, they apparently aren’t interested in focusing on violent criminals who use firearms in the commission of a crime.

HB 1175 would have increased the penalty for using or brandishing a firearm while committing certain felonies, which seems like a pretty common sense bill to me. Instead, members of the House Public Safety Committee rejected the measure on Tuesday, while approving a number of gun bills that are meant to restrict the rights of legal gun owners in the name of public safety.
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So they’re okay with making it a felony to continue to possess your 15-round magazine or to transfer a firearm without a background check, but the status quo is fine when it comes to punishing those who use guns in the commission of a crime.

Delaware....

In Delaware, 71% of gun charges are dropped
Exclusive: As violence rises, prosecutors bargain away gun charges


Balitmore....


Arrests in Baltimore for illegal guns often lead to dropped charges or little jail time

Minnesota...


Police have arrested this felon four times in the last four months. Each time, he’s been carrying guns, charges say. – Twin Cities

State law prohibits Lincoln from possessing a firearm since he was convicted of felony level domestic assault in 2011, court records say.
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He has two other unlawful gun-possession cases pending against him in Ramsey County from earlier this fall.

In the first, officers pulled him over Sept. 13 after noting that his vehicle’s windows were illegally tinted and found multiple bags of marijuana, as well as two loaded handguns, inside, charges say.

He was picked up again Oct. 7 on a warrant from the previous incident after officers found him working on his vehicle at a White Bear Lake address.

While searching him, police discovered a small bag of methamphetamine in his pocket and a handgun on his waist, court documents say. A loaded handgun also was reportedly found in his vehicle.

 

[Colin norris]

Why do you say “God bless the Democrats“ when what Cruz was trying to do was to improve the NICS background check system? The Democrats stopped his bill.

The NICS backgorund check obviously needs improvement.

Gun background check system riddled with flaws

Many states still aren't meeting key benchmarks with their background check reporting.

www.pbs.org

Also in my opinion people who lie on the NICS background check paperwork should be fined if not sentenced to prison. The way it is now a bad guy can take the chance theat he can pass the background check and buy a nice new gun if he just lies on the form. If he gets rejected no big deal, he just walks out of the store.

Hunter Biden lied on a background check form when he bought a gun.

Hunter Biden Reportedly Violated Federal Law by Lying on Background Check

Hunter Biden may have committed a felony offense by lying on a background check before purchasing a gun, Politico reported on Thursday. Biden answered “no” in response to the question “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any...

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How can you possibly know thrvstatus of His addictions, if any, at that specific time?
You don't. It's that simple.
You have no evidence you do but just another lying bitch from the Republican haters.

 

[Batcat]

How can you possibly know thrvstatus of His addictions, if any, at that specific time?
You don't. It's that simple.
You have no evidence you do but just another lying bitch from the Republican haters.

I know the status of Hunter’s additions because he discussed them in his book ”Beautiful things”

Hunter Biden Confirms Addiction to Crack Near Time of Background Check to Purchase Gun - That's a Crime

In a book about his addiction troubles, Hunter says he was smoking crack when he claimed on a background check form that he was clean.

www.westernjournal.com

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Here’s how USA Today described it: “In the spring of 2018, he used his ‘superpower — finding crack anytime, anywhere’ — in Los Angeles. At one point, a dealer pointed a gun at his head before he realized Biden was looking for drugs,” the outlet reported Wednesday.

“He later learned how to cook drugs and spent a lot of time with thieves, addicts and con artists. ‘I never slept. There was no clock. Day bled into night and night into day,’ he writes.

“The situation grew out of control. ‘I was smoking crack every 15 minutes,’ he writes.”

He came back to the East Coast in autumn of that year; while he was supposed to seek help, that apparently didn’t take. His family staged an intervention, which didn’t work either.

“It wasn’t until he met now-wife Melissa Cohen in Los Angeles — whom he married after only a week of knowing — that he got sober again,” USA Today reported. “They told each other they loved each other on their first date; she had the same eyes as Beau, he writes. She championed his sobriety and dumped out his crack.”

The problem is that they met in May of 2019, according to the Wilmington, Delaware, News Journal. Unless Hunter Biden is pulling a James Frey and lying to us about the details of his debauchery, that means when he filled out the paperwork for the .38, he was, by his own admission, addicted to crack.…emphasis added