Joe Biden on July Fourth:
As our nation celebrates Independence Day, we pray for the day when our communities will be free from gun violence. It is within our power to once again ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, to require safe storage of guns, to end gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability, and to enact universal background checks.
Note that he’s not talking about putting any of those limitations on the police or other government agents. Just on you.
So, on a day when we celebrate the ability of armed citizens to break free from their oppressive government… the guy who has presided over some of the worst assaults ever on the Bill of Rights, and some of the most egregious expansions ever of illegitimate government power, is saying that we should cede still more of our ultimate check against tyranny to his oppressive government.
As Holly Golightly would say, the mind reels.
