United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- Dianne Feinstein is one of the most ardent anti-Second Amendment extremists out there. She was the author of the Senate version of the 1994 semiauto ban. She vowed to protect it with a filibuster. If there is a chance to restrict our rights, she goes for it.
So, while she is famous for pushing a gun ban, having a Chinese Communist spy on her staff, or even some shadily well-timed stock sales, she is also pushing other bills. One of them is S 1395, the Age 21 Act.
Now, one look at the text, and you might be wondering just what she is thinking. Because this bill isn’t a semiauto ban – it just raises the age to own or buy a modern multi-purpose semiautomatic rifle or shotgun to 21. Now, the usual age for long guns in 18. Handguns are at 21 and that is a bit unfair since people are old enough to vote and die for their country at age 18.
So, what is the deal with this? Has Dianne Feinstein given up on banning guns? We know better than that. So, what is on her mind? The answer can be found from what is perhaps her most infamous quote from that 1995 60 Minutes interview – ironically, the same one that laid bare her ultimate goal.
“If I could have gotten 51 votes for an outright ban, picking up every one of them, ‘Mr. and Mrs. America, turn em all in,’ I would have done it,” she said. She made a similar statement on the floor of the United States Senate.
“If I had my way, I would ban the possession of assault weapons anywhere in the United States of America, but there were not going to be the votes for that,” she said in December 1995.
“If I could have” and “there were not going to be the votes for that” are both very telling. Her ultimate goal is the same as that of Eric Swalwell or Beto O’Rourke – an Australia-style gun ban. Millions punished through gun confiscation for crimes and acts of madness they did not commit.
But give Dianne Feinstein credit. She’s smart. While some anti-Second Amendment extremists want the whole thing, she is willing to instead adopt the Nelson Shields/HCI/Brady Campaign approach. If she can’t get an Australia-style ban, she will take a permanent freeze. If the permanent freeze is not an option, she’d accept a sunset provision. If even a sunsetting ban is not an option, she will gladly just settle for raising the minimum age. She will not let “perfect” be the enemy of progress towards her ultimate goal.
That ratchet, though, can work both ways. See how concealed carry laws have changed for better over the last 35 years in so many states. We have even seen constitutional carry, once relegated to Vermont, now become adopted by 16 states.
Second Amendment supporters should contact their Representative and Senators, and politely urge them to oppose S 1395. Then, they need to look for opportunities to use the approach Feinstein is using to try to remove our rights to instead start regaining our freedoms.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
Guns have only two natural enemies: rust and politicians. One scares gun owners. Gun owners scare the other. The operative word to politicians in the expression “gun control” is “control.” The 2nd Amendment is the guarantor of the rest of the Bill of Rights– as well as the rest of the rights in the Constitution. The CDC has investigated and reported that gun control laws in any form had no effect on crime rates. Let’s address the real problems.
Back in the 60’s & early 70’s at 18 we could get drafted and sent to Vietnam, but couldn’t buy a beer or vote for the SOBs in Washington sending over there. Eventually, we were allowed to vote, but depending on your state, most of us still couldn’t buy a beer. If you are old enough to vote, enlist in the military and die for your country there should be no restrictions on guns of any kind when, if you get home. The fact a 5′ 4″, 110 pound 18 year-old lady can be sent to Afghanistan, be shot at,… Read more »
Marxist witch.
In January 1960 I was inducted into the USAF 1 day after my 17th birthday. Only a couple of weeks later I was at the firing range at Lackland AFB with a .30 caliber carbine in my hands. This witch wants to raise the age limit to 21? I say Diane, stuff it! I along with every one of us took an oath to defend the USA from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Witch, that oath was never rescinded and I see you as one of the enemies I swore to defend our country from. Just a word of… Read more »
If any other person/people had done what Feinstein and others did, they’d be facing insider trading charges, heavy fines, and prison time. Ethics Complaint Filed Against Feinstein For Selling Stocks “The accused were warned in *classified briefings* of the potentially catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and proceeded to dump significant amounts of stock ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Feinstein and her husband sold between $1.5 million and $6 million in stock in Allogene Therapeutics from Jan. 31 to Feb. 18.” https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/ethics-complaint-filed-against-feinstein-for-selling-stocks/Content?oid=29357493 SEC warns on coronavirus insider trading after stock sales by NYSE chair, his wife… Read more »
Bitch, get that nasty claw OFF THE TRIGGER!!! Btw, gun control means hitting your target
Not sure if this is a minor observation, but did anyone notice where DiFi has her finger placed in this photo they used? Right on the trigger. I mean smack dab on it. I bet she hasn’t a clue if that weapon is loaded or not or if the safety is engaged. She is going with the idea of how cool it is to stand there and holding that weapon the way she is. What an idiot.
I don’t live in communist californiacation but I would stay home and wait if she, Biden and Beto would promise to show up personally at my door.
Arm up, carry on.
She has a Chinese communist spy in her midst? She made LOTS of money illegally in the stock market? Has she been bought? What would a communist sympathizer want to disarm the American public for? This woman (she aint no lady) is treasonous. She is dirty. She is evil. When the day comes, I think she would look perfect in her new tar and feather jump suit with a rope around her neck on a windy day.
Arm up, carry on.
Hey Feinstein! I have an idea: why not limit the age of owning a gun to 100, where at that exact point in time a grandfathered slider comes rolling down the pike that prohibits anyone bearing any signs of senility a, “shall not possess” addendum? But if I were you, I’d get my finger off that trigger before you say to yourself, “You know what? This thing looks good one me!” I think that’s how Bonnie Parker got started.