That Time Biden Sided With the NRA, Said Bad Guys Will Get Guns ‘With or Without Gun Control’ – Opinion

On this episode of “Welp, That Didn’t Age Well”…

One of my “favorite” characteristics of liberals is how they “evolve” on key issues. And by “evolve,” I mean how brazenly they do complete 180s after sticking their wetted fingers in the political wind, and when they believe the time is right, they turn on a dime. Like Hillary Clinton “evolving” on same-sex marriage — within the first 72 hours of her 2016 presidential run. Or in this case, Joe Biden’s views on gun control.

As we reported earlier on Friday, in Biden 2.0’s gun-control speech from the White House on Thursday,  he called for no fewer than seven gun-control measures.

1. Ban “Assault Weapons”
2. Ban ‘high capacity” magazines.
3. If ban is impossible, raise the AR-15 and other similar rifles’ purchase age to 21
4. “Strengthen background checks”
5. “Enact [a] safe storage law”
6. “red flag law”
7. “Repeal the immunity of gun manufacturers from liability.”

Biden claimed, partly:

Enough. Limit the number of rounds that a weapon can carry. Why in God’s name should an ordinary citizen be able to purchase an assault weapon that holds 30-round magazines, that let mass shooters fire hundreds of bullets in a matter of minutes?

Really? Why in God’s name should the federal government be able to curtail the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens? And can you people please drop the silly made-up “assault weapon” nonsense? Of course, they won’t — and we must continue to call them out.

BIDEN: “Enough. We should limit how many rounds a weapon can hold. An assault weapon with 30-round magazines that allow mass shooters to fire hundreds of bullets per minute should not be available for purchase by the average citizen.” pic.twitter.com/JUstaS6zxb

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 2, 2022

A far cry from Biden 1.0, who once not only sided with the National Rifle Association on gun control, but admitted that criminals are going to get firearms, “with or without gun control” laws.

As Breitbart revisited on Friday, during a 1985 debate over the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA), then-Senate Judiciary Committee member Joe Biden (D-DE) sided with the NRA and argued that criminals can get guns “with or without gun control.” Who knew?

In addition, NBC News, in 2019, noted that the Judiciary Committee — including Biden — agreed with the Republican majority in support of FOPA, then it passed on the Senate floor “by a lopsided 79-15.”

Biden voted for FOPA, which NBC News describes as a piece of legislation that “allowed dealers to sell rifles, shotguns and ammunition through the mail, and, eventually, the internet.”

They noted that FOPA also “limited federal inspections of firearms dealers while allowing them to sell guns at gun shows, which helped them grow in size and popularity. And it made it easier for private collectors to sell guns without obtaining a federal dealers’ license, which would play a role in what later became known as the ‘gun show loophole.’”

Also, before you can vote to support FOPA Biden actually spoke in support of it.

According to Breitbart, Biden stated the following:

In my 12-and-a-half years serving as a member, I never considered that increased gun control or federal firearm registration could reduce crime. A criminal can obtain a firearm through any illegal, traceable and unregistered source, without or with gun control.

Um, Joe? I know; you “evolved,” right?

In addition, as we reported on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden is opposed to “hardening schools,” including arming guards or teachers.

I know there’s been conversation about hardening schools, that is not something he believes in. He thinks we need to provide teachers with the tools they require to succeed in their jobs.

Why “in God’s name,” as Joe likes to say, would AnyoneBe against hardening schools and placing trained, armed guards at the locked doors? Are gun-grabbers not allowed to enter schools? We don’t understand why. TheyIs that something you oppose? And as to “giving teachers the resources to be able to do their job,” to do what? Continue to try their damnedest to program America’s young children with so-called “critical race theory” dogma, self-identifying pronouns, and transsexualism in kindergarteners?

It is the Democrat Party that has “evolved” into a radical movement — not the Republican Party.