Rep. McCarthy introducing national gun control legislation following Sen. Schumer’s lead [View All]

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A House bill that could drastically overhaul the nation’s gun control laws and strengthen federal power over states’ handling of individuals’ background checks is expected to be introduced today by New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, The Daily Caller has learned.

McCarthy is expected to drop the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011 — a  near-identical companion to that of fellow New Yorker Chuck Schumer’s Senate bill — according to sources familiar with the legislation.

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Two days after Obama’s op-ed, Schumer — along with McCarthy, Bloomberg and several other leading Democrats — held a press conference in front of the Capitol to push for more gun-control legislation. At the time, McCarthy indicated she was days away from introducing her companion piece. As the weeks went by, McCarthy’s office said it was carefully reviewing the legislation and listening to various concerns.

McCarthy appears to have taken some of those concerns to heart. Conspicuously absent from the Representative’s legislation is Schumer’s controversial proposal to ban the possession of firearms to anyone who’s been arrested, but not convicted, of a drug-related crime in the past five years.

Source: http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/05/rep-mccarthy-introducing-national-gun-control-legislation-following-sen-schumers-lead/



I don't agree with much that Rep McCarthy does with respect to gun rights, though I am sorry for her loss. It is heartening, however, to see that she listens to concerns and has been willing to back off of an un-American (and frankly fascist) position--legally penalizing people for merely being arrested. It appears that the gun control reality distortion field lost a battle, even on the anti-gun side!

I wish more people would take a step back from fascism, and stop calling for people to be banned from buying guns because they are SUSPECTED of criminal activities. It is bad enough to see Bush and his fans calling for rights restrictions that aren't legitimately backed by due process of law; it's frankly terrifying to see "progressive" fascists (or dupes) doing the same.

So kudos to Carolyn McCarthy. And I hope she did the right thing because it was the right thing, and not because a competent lawyer told her what would happen to her law as soon as it was challenged.