Mayors on 'Gun Control' Letter Have One Big Thing in Common
By Larry Keane. Dec 19, 2022
Dozens of mayors from America's biggest cities are demanding the U.S. Senate pass more 'gun control'.
"We write to urge the Senate to pass during the lame duck session gun safety legislation that has passed the House…,” the mayors' letter states.
An answer to the crime problem plaguing these cities might not be found in Congress. Rather the mayors should look closer to home for solutions. Or better yet, take a good long look in the mirror.
The First Demand
The letter was sent by The United States Conference of Mayors and was signed by 74 mayors. They made two demands of U.S. Sens. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). First, they want the Senate to pass S. 736, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, which would ban an entire class of firearms – Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) — that are commonly-owned and commonly-used. Industry data estimates there are more than 24.4 million in circulation since 1990, with ownership exploding in recent years.
Enacting the ban on MSRs, or the semiautomatic centerfire rifles the mayors misleadingly deem "assault weapons,” would not "in any way infringe on Second Amendment rights,” the mayors suggest. They claim two-thirds of Americans support banning MSRs but The Reload reported that's flat false – revealing less than 50 percent of Americans support such a ban. .....