WASHINGTON, D.C. -(Ammoland.com)- Former President Donald Trump vows to institute concealed carry reciprocity if the American public chooses him to be the next President of the United States.
“I will protect the right of self-defense everywhere it is under siege, and I will sign concealed carry reciprocity,” President Trump said. “Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line.”
Trump made the statement in a video address released on Rumble. The ex-President is making a run for the White House after losing in the highly contested 2020 Presidential elections. He seems to be trying to appeal to gun owners after losing some support after the Trump-era bump stock ban. The former President faces a tough race against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to announce his candidacy any time now. Governor DeSantis is also courting gun owners by vowing to sign “Constitutional Carry” in the Sunshine State.
In the video titled “End Crime and Restore Law and Order,” the President lays down a plan to fight crime in cities that have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office.
The video will be sure to ruffle the feathers of some Democrats and libertarians because he targets not only leftist policies but also policies that libertarians consider civil rights violations.
President Trump vowed to make a “record investment” in hiring police nationwide. He also pitched “liability protections” for law enforcement officers. Libertarians and Democrats alike have railed against qualified immunity, which prevents police from being sued for violating the rights of suspects. These groups claim that these protections give law enforcement the green light for civil rights violations. Police organizations counter these arguments by claiming that these protections help prevent frivolous lawsuits against officers.
Trump also vows to block federal funding for police organizations unless those agencies enact policies such as “stop and frisk.” Many on both sides of the aisle claim that “stop and frisk” violates Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches and seizures and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process clause. The technique was used heavily in New York City under Michael Bloomberg before being stopped over Constitutional concerns. Proponents claim that it helps reduce crime because criminals do not know when they will be searched.
This controversial policy isn’t the first time Trump has faced backlash over delaying Due Process.
Shortly after a mass murder in Las Vegas where 50 people were killed, President Trump called for “red flag” laws. He suggested law enforcement take away guns first and then worry about the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process clause. This stance and the pushing of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to ban bump stocks through Chevron deference led many Gun Rights groups to speak out against the Trump policies.
Trump also would require law enforcement to crack down on drug use. He also would block funding to law enforcement agencies that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). So-called sanctuary cities have sprung up around the country where local law enforcement is forbidden from working with ICE. He also blamed liberal prosecutors and the practices of cashless bail and not charging for petty crimes. The former President considers this surrendering American cities to violent criminals. He promised to direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open investigations into liberal prosecutor’s offices in cities like San Francisco, LA, and Chicago.
Trump also said he would order the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to dismantle street gangs through stricter punishment for crimes. Some of these punishments include the death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers. The United States is the only Western nation with the death penalty. There are less than ten countries in the world that have the death penalty for drug dealing, and it would be an extremely long shot to expand capital offenses to drug dealing.
He also says he will send the National Guard into major cities. He claims this is to protect the rights of Americans. He noted that the January 6 unrest would have been prevented if Nancy Pelosi had accepted National Guard assistance. He also blamed the mayor of D.C. for turning down the National Guard’s help.
Trump also said he would end the “leftist takeover” of school discipline and juvenile justice. He says that many carjackers are 13, 14, and 15. He said he would order the DOJ to overhaul federal standards for disciplining minors. The former President said that when the youth are “going wild, the consequences will be swift, certain, and strong.”
Trump finishes his plan by promising to secure the border and wage war on the cartels. He claims that the United States never had a border as secure as it was under his administration. He calls the border under the Biden administration the worst in the world and possibly of all time. Biden has eased restrictions leading to an influx of migrants that has caused a crisis at the border.
Trump will face stiff competition in the Republican primary, with many Republicans ready to move on from the Trump era. At the same time, he still has a rabid support base.
About John Crump
John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.
You can listen to what they say if you must and have nothing better to do.
But it is imperative that you watch what they do, and vote accordingly.
Where RKBA issues are concerned, they are not allowed to make the same mistake once.
Mitch McConnell had the chance to bring reciprocity out of committee, where it was languishing in the memory hole, when the Republicans had both houses. T/he/y all are to blame for pure window dressing in disguise of freedom. I wouldn’t believe a word they say.
Exactly!!
Back when this was all in play, one story I read said McConnell asked Trump if he wanted the reciprocity bill brought out for a vote. Supposedly, Trump waved him off and said, “not now”. I am no fan of McConnell either. Just about all of these so-called Republicans anymore are RINOs.
Yeah, key word in your story was that you read a ‘story’. Show us any truth to that and I will go along with it…..otherwise……story………….
Trump has by his past words and actions proven himself rather clueless of the U S Constitution,if the Constitution is the law of the land then reciprocity is not needed because permitless carry is the law of the land in all 50 states thru the 14 th. amendment.
You take what ever is legitimate, and push those boundaries.
HLB
YEAH and you were clueless too until you learned better. That man went though hell coming into a congress full of communist turds that dumped on him daily and he did more than most ever dreamed he would do for this country. I believe you will find him much more knowledgeable the second time around after being stabbed in the back an stomped on by democratic shit lying scum and coming back for a second round. I don’t believe anyone took the fight out of him and he has learned much about his communist opponents. He was great the first… Read more »
Choogie, it is all a big sh-t show to keep us distracted, watching, and hopeful, as they tear our country down and we do nothing. He was his own worst enemy and biggest obstructionist as he purposely surrounded himself with Swamp, Deep State, Communists, and what have you. No, I doubt that we will find him any more “knowledgeable” the second time around as he is still doing the same stupid sh-t that he did before. He endorsed his brother-in-Oprah for the US Senate from PA, Doc Oz, over what I am told was at least one better, more surely… Read more »
Then we need to call him out. Demand he pose with an AR15 and state there are no buts in shall not be infringed. Make him have National Reciprocity ready to go the moment his hand is off the bible.
That’s high school pep rally stunts. The last time his hand came off the Bible he immediate]y turned to WE, The People and GAVE US BACK OUR COUNTRY and we cooed and ahhed… WE DID NOTHING!
THIS is exactly right! TRUMP performed far above and beyond his duties for this country all the while under constant and daily attack and the constituents of those attacking him did absolutely NOTHING! As far as I am concerned, J6 should have began the very day the Russian Collusion crap and everything else against the man started. OUR first president that actually gave a damn about us and our country was under constant bombardment of BS and WE, The People for the most part just sat back and watched. Just WHO the hell are we to sit back and degrade… Read more »
National Constitutional Carry? YOU took gun rights. No more.
This picture speaks volumes, more than the words of politicians.
“The People” defend the Constitution, not a few politicians.
That is a pretty Constitution. The one the Federal people confiscated from me was just a glossy paper one.
HLB
He needs to get Congress to cancel the FFA of 1938.
That was one of our hopes that got bandied about in 2016-2018. The reality was, not only could he not be bothered to make good on his promise for nationwide CWP reciprocity or to push the hearing protection (suppressor) bill, he attacked our gun rights on multiple fronts, from his bumpstock ban to trying to get anti-2A former FOP National President Chuck Canterbury appointed as head of BATF. Repeal of that monster you mentioned would be very ambitious. Based on what he showed us in his term, Trump would never try that.
TRUMP had to wait for a second term to do this. People have a dim view of strategy and tactics with timing. He spent his whole time in office rebuilding our military for our defense, closing the border for our safety, putting the U.S. back on top on the world stage, ALL things we have not seen since the 1980’s and look how WE, here on Ammoland are pouncing on the guy? Could ANY or ALL of us combined done anything close to what he has accomplished?
Hi Grunt! Sorry, but the James Bond-esque heroics attributed to Trump just do not hold water. Waiting for a second term to invoke his strategy? Seriously? He was never guaranteed a second term. It was “stolen” from him and he let the perps who stole it get away scot-free by keeping his p-ss-poor selection of an impotent Swamp Attorney General in place till the bitter end. He didn’t quite spend his whole term “closing the border”. His first budget signing in late 2017 was done with zero provisions for a wall. Shortly thereafter, someone called it out. He said it… Read more »
During my lifetime, there has been NO President – NONE – who I consider perfect on all the issues. Usually it’s a case of holding my nose and suppressing my gag reflex while casting my ballot for the lesser evil – which of course is still evil. But all too often, the alternative is worse. Compare Trump – with the failings and errors others in this thread have pointed out – with the last four Democrat Presidents (including the senile sock puppet we have now) and Trump doesn’t look so bad. And to those who wouldn’t vote for Trump in… Read more »
The sooner the good people on our side wake up and see this gigantic psyop for what it is, the sooner we might correct the situation. As I have noted before, it is nothing more than a round of “Good Cop – Bad Cop” with us playing the part of the hapless suspect. Trump plays the “Good” Cop. The others play the Bad Cop. As in a real life GC-BC, both draw their checks from the same paymaster. By “paymaster” I am NOT speaking of the US Treasury, but a family that has caused upheaval across the globe for literally… Read more »
The great Smokey the Bear said “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires”.
Tweak that phrase a little and apply it to current events.
Where have we heard that bs, before? Sorry bud, fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Not buying it this time.
Trump’s gonna have to apologize for his anti-2A sins before getting my vote again. While it is true that career grifter Wayne LaPierre was the one who sent Trump down the wrong path on bump stocks, and likewise with Josh Powell’s arm-twisting with Red Flag confiscation, the buck always stops with POTUS, so Trump is gonna have to own up and do better. Supporting nationwide Constitutional Carry is a good start, and if Trump calls for the repeal of NFA/FFA/GCA/FOPA and the abolition of the BATF, he will get my vote yet again.
I’ll start considering Trump if he posts pics of him holding AR15’s with bumpstocks and SBA3 braces on the campaign website and says he will repay everyone’s out of pocket $$ who had to destroy one.
One doesn’t have to destroy your brace. Merely remove and retain in original condition if you have another similar platform…AR, AK, etc….that the brace can be legally installed on….ie. a 16″ AR or AK.
WTH? Where’s all the “Cold Dead Hands” rhetoric?
If it comes down to Trump versus Biden again? Anyone who would vote for Biden must have crushed rock in their shoes. Afghanistan, selling off of our strategic reserve, (to China of all people), weakening our military by giving our weapons of war to Ukraine, allowing a Chinese spy balloon to go completely across our homeland before shooting it down, opening our southern border to anyone who would like to come in no matter what and where they came from and what they would like to do after we put them up in ritzy hotel rooms, give them phones and… Read more »
Good Cop – Bad Cop. Either way we get screwed eventually. One just whispers sweet nothings in our ear, first. For some, I guess that is a comfort.
More high school posturing. Get REAL! Or, run your own campaign on YOUR dime and don’t take a salary for 4 years, doing exactly what he did.
The only thing wrong with FOPA was the Hughes amendment. The rest of it should stay.
The only thing wrong with that is it is still unconditional. Bootlicker.
Other than Hughes, what is in the Firearms Owners Protection Act that you don’t like? Have you even read it? Or are you in favor of the Hughes amendment?
I have to agree with you Ope and I look forward to him doing so. He did more for this country than any other president I have ever seen in my lifetime, excluding the ones I wasn’t living during their day. He wasn’t always right but he did more and backed up his word more than any other president in modern times has done and he wasn’t one to back away from problems or go along to get along. Yeah he was a learner but a damn good one to not have been a politician and not knowing who his… Read more »
As he walked across the North Korean line of departure, by himself with Rocket Man.
I never met a New Yorker that was not rude and unapologetic.Trump is a typical New Yorker. If you hold your breath waiting for an apology on any topic from Trump, you’ll turn mighty blue. But that does not mean that he is not the best of the choices for POTUS. Just saying.
Ant THAT is saying A LOT!
But will WE? Many waited until January 6th to do ANYTHING, albeit, hap-hazard, unplanned and pretty much like a pre-game tailgate brawl, but what are WE, The People going to do when the NEXT election gets stolen from us? Are we just going to return here to Ammoland and make comment? Or are WE going to do what WE are SUPPOSED TO DO?
This position is not new, Trump stated he would sign the National Reciprocity bill that passed congress in his second year in office. So what happened to that bill you ask? Mitch McConnell killed in in session so it never made to to the floor of the Senate for a vote. The Republicans had the votes to pass it but anti-2A, anti-gun Mitch McConnell would not allow it to even be voted on. The bottom line is as long as Mitch McConnell holds republican power in the senate you will never see pro-gun legislation come out of the the senate.… Read more »
Like Pelosi?
Trump is pandering for votes from the same second amendment community he shit on and wiped his rectal port with . Bumpstock Trump better put it all in writing and vow to resign if pulls any anti second amendment crap if he wants my vote .
It sounds to me that the Donald doesn’t completely understand the Constitution. There is a free course on the Hillsdale College website. Somebody should let him know. I disagree strongly on several points that he expounds on. I sure would hate to write in my dog, “Max” for president in November of 2024!
About the ONLY person I have ever met that FULLY understands the Constitution sits in the Gulags of DC or wherever they are hiding him, yet everybody has turned their backs on him and he too has swayed off course a few times in his career, but he STILL actually KNOWS the Constitution. He too had piss poor advisers at his side from time to time, egomaniacs wanting to suck in that rich glory of standing in front of news cameras… Not knowing the damage those cameras do to a guy. If you’re in the DC area, try to stop… Read more »
It may be a matter of human nature. With 50 comments on this article now, a new arrival may not read to the end. The earliest comments would have the most votes and therefor be at the top of the list and more likely to receive more votes. That is why I toggle to “Newest” as soon as I open an article.
Yes, I wish that AmmoLand would set “Newest” as the default.
HLB
Right above comments, where it lists the number of comments, to the right is a drop list that says things like “Newest”, “Oldest”, or “Most Voted”. It used to default to “Newest”, but they changed that some time ago. I don’t know why.
HLB
We still have room for you over here in Texas, whenever you’re ready. We have some great computer techs too!
Clueless again. That decision is up to the individual states. Voted for him last election, wrote in Cruz in ’16. I’d prefer DeSantis/Noem in ’24, but if Trump was the nominee I’d vote for him over any of the Democrat candidates and their off the wall shit show insanity.
Trump and DeSantis pandering for votes from the second amendment community after both of them shit on peoples gun rights ? You better think about that again .
Sometimes there is no good choice.
HLB
Not in 1775.
HLB
When has Trump cheated to win?
AMEN Brother, I’m Voting Trump. AND just to be clear the second amendment does not stop at the state line. I know Trump made a few mistakes the first time around but I don’t see it happening again. At least not on the second amendment. He was all business and he stepped into a world of rotten politicians so he slipped here and there. You would have too but he carried this Country Forward. Not backward.
Scalise with Greene or Boebert.
You guys do realize that trump picked the most anti gun and anti constitution AG in the history of the country, right? I mean they don’t call bill barr, ”ruby ridge barr” for nothing … Trump is all about laying out constitutional conservative red meat and stabbing constitutional conservatives in the back… Trump is a big government, police state guy… He is the governments Hegelian answer to the problem the government created… And surprise! His answers are more big government, limitless powers for the police, more patriot act (which he signed us into 20 more years of), more homeland security,… Read more »
There, there, now. Apparently ya think Biden/Garland will be a better choice, eh? If you will have someone read my post to you, you will see I am primarily a supporter of DeSantis. Fine if you personally think Obama/Holder,Clinton or Biden/Garland is a better choice, that is your prerogative. Are you proposing a realistic and viable alternative or perhaps you are one of the sit-on-the-sidelines and suck your thumb crowd?
Personally, I think that all these Trump derangement syndrome folks have forgotten that Trump or any other President cannot make laws, only sign or veto the ones that are made by the legislative branch. It takes, in our case here, three to Tango, not one. And……..that’s a good thing.
Unless he uses executive orders and other skullduggery to get BATF to not only decree overnight that an existing legal item is now “a machine gun” and cause owners of said item to have to turn it in or destroy it under penalty of becoming a federal felon, thereby setting precedent for future changes in definition such as pistol brace users are now confronted with.
Said owners should have used the powers of the 10th amendment and amassed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in outrage over that decision. All I seen were a bunch of women dressed as vaginas bitching that their vaginas had a voice? (Women’s Day on The Mall(
Like he did with his executive orders for oil and gas? Shutting down our borders?
TRUMP was turning around a country that has lost the fundamentals of which we were governed that have been off balance for over 45 years. Can you do that?
No thanks to Trump being POTUS again. He’ll promise you anything to get the vote, he’ll screw the gun owners again just like he did with bump stocks.
“I like taking guns away early,” Trump said. “Take the guns first, go through due process second.”
Trump: Take guns first and worry about due process later (usatoday.com)
Dump Trump!!! Words are cheap, action is gold. We watched your actions when you had the chance….fell asleep on National Reciprocity, Hearing Protection Act, and went all anti-gun with your bump stock fiasco. Three strikes, YOU’RE OUT!!! . You’re no longer worth taking a chance. We’ll go for the gold with other options. Had you not been such a loud mouth blow hard asshat, you would have been President today. Ride off into the sunset and disappear.
How much were you paying for gas and eggs and ammo around 2019?
Inflation under Trump was 1.4 percent. Gasoline was affordable. The Chinese, N.Koreans, China, and Iran axis was in check.
The bump stock ban was bad, however, if he did not have DOJ draft it,
Congress could have passed a new law and Trump would have to sign it.
Harder to challenge the new law vs a DOJ legal opinion, that bump ban is going to be defeated soon.
How would Trump “have to” sign it? Is he his own man or a quivering whimp? This sounds like another of the many “battered woman” excuses for his many betrayals.
Look up the three branches of government and study them and You should find the answer you appear to know nothing about.
It’s Because the PRESIDENT has to sign it and Trump was the President then.
Please tell me where it says anywhere that the President “has to” sign any legislation. In case you were out in civics class that day, there is this thing called a veto…
The Bump Stock Ban was already defeated by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas back in 2022. THIS is why I am dying to see just how many idiots are filing Form 1’s to turn their AR and AK Pistols into Federally Registered SBR’s, or actually turning in their AR Pistols to the feds or destroying their AR Pistols with pistol braces thenb sending photos to the feds? Federal appeals court strikes down ban on bump stocks | CNN Politics
Bump Stock Ban Overturned by Appeals Court – What’s Next? | Walker & Taylor Law (walkertaylorlaw.com)
Ok. But the problem is, I do not believe this country is going to make it by political remedy, therefore compromise voting does not hold any value.
I believe we are going to have to fight for it, and I will not disgrace myself by associating with known traitors.
HLB
Whaaaat? MusicMan, come on. You are smarter than this! So, am I to take it that we side with the Fudds who are okay with taking our AR’s or AK’s until the only thing we have left is our hunting rifles and THEN, we fight for our rights. Dude, you used to be solid on gun rights. Now, you sound like you could be one of Lapierre’s executive staff at Negotiating Rights Away. Please man, lose the “battered woman” mindset. It does not become you.
The worry I have about half hearted supporters is that when you are giving it all fighting the enemy, and you feel a sharp pain in your back, it just takes the wind out of you and you have to hang your head for a moment, before you eliminate the problem behind you and continue with your frontal assault.
HLB
Exactly, HLB!
You mean his third term? He is currently President in exile.
MEH… Trump has been unreliable protecting the 2A. He doesn’t like suppressors, he is into taking the guns first and due process 2nd. He opened the door for Red flag. His bump-stock action set into motion all kinds of power grabbing by the BATFE. He was good for the economy but after Obama, it didn’t take much to improve it. He was terrible for the 2A and I will not vote for him in the primaries. If I am forced to vote for him as President… I just don’t know.
What MOST fail to see is that Trump might have tossed a piece of plastic to the wolves, but it got MANY up off their dead, apathetic asses to start fighting back! Look at us now under Biden, lawsuits EVERYWHERE against the ATF, states with “Assault Weapons Bans”, magazine issues… And we’re winning! We would be here if it weren’t for Trump tossing that Bump Stock. Out of curiosity? How may of you on here have registered your SBR with that pistol brace?
Seems this site is infested with libtards. Trump 2024 FJB
bump stock ban
qualified immunity
stop and frisk
Due Process clause
red flag laws
National Guard into major cities
And that just from this article. I have seen some others mentioned in the comments.
Nope.
HLB
He HAS to do this to turn around the f’d up country we have. HOW ELSE are you suggesting ANYONE right this mess we have for a country? WE allowed this country to slide into the situation it is in by OUR past 40 plus years of apathy and ALLOWING feminism to rule the courts and destroy our families, values and moral base. You think it’ll be easier and shorter to straighten it out of we play patty-cake?
Hahaha, no he won’t, as we already gave him a chance and he blew it, surrounding himself with traitors and saboteurs, and then he scampered away with his tail between his legs when the election was stolen from him. Trump won’t be forgiven for his failures, and he is too old anyhow. If he had abolished FBATFE with memo, then suppressors and SBR’s off NFA, maybe I’d give him another shot. Or if he actually ended DACA and deported them like he promised he would the first week in office. Trump says what we want to hear, but isn’t even… Read more »
OK Mr hindsight, we all know you would have done soooo much better, FO.
I recall a guy a long, long time ago who’s life ended pretty much like that. I’m in now way comparring the two, just the actions of his, “staff” and what they failed to do when HE was destroyed. Pretty much what we see today. Takes BALLS to step up to the plate, You can either do it all alone or with support, but you still at one time or another in life have to make that decision to step up to the plate. Win or lose, it just has to be for the true and just reasons we all… Read more »
If the BATFE were abolished by a memo, which is doable, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) would remain. The CFRs is where the agencies make “rules with the force and effect of law”, without Congress’s help. As you recall from history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the agencies the power to make “rules with the force and effect of law”. Thus eliminating Congress’s Constitutional sole authority to make statutes. Congress loves it because they can say that they did not do something (e.g. It was the IRS that did such or so. Or it was the EPA that did it.… Read more »
Oh, he knows they betray him. That is why he hires them. It bolsters the illusion that he is “trying” do do something and gives his apologists a patsy to blame when (as planned) he gets nothing done.
People? HEED THESE WORDS! We have ZERO opportunity to save this country is we squander votes to anyone else or any of the vote stealing parties like Libertarians, Independant’s or others. We simply can NOT fail this next time around. And WE, The People need to step up and be working these polls, as Poll Watchers or whatever it takes. GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN SAVING YOUR COUNTRY! Or end up paying $5 a gas as we watch our MILITARY oil reserves keep getting sold to the enemy?
Well if we are listing druthers top of my list would be having US Marshals kicking in the doors of every politician who voted to impeach. Later on after morning coffee and all the traitors have been hauled off to GITMO he can get to signing some executive orders like National Reciprocity and Pardons for J6′ ers. Make sure the Keystone Pipeline is open again too.
The only way Trump’s ever getting back inside of the White House will be if he takes the tour.
And he’d better wear a disguise if he wants to take it because they’d probably turn him away if they know it’s really him.
He’s an old man that acts like a six year old brat. I really wanted to like him when he was in office but he just couldn’t keep his mouth shut and is constantly bad mouthing anyone who doesn’t kiss his rear. If he did more to bring the republicans together and strengthen the political party he would actually stand a chance. I just see this as another lie to get a few more votes.
“If he did more to bring the republicans together and strengthen the political party he would actually stand a chance.”
Uh? THAT is OUR job as constituents!
Yeah, and it is us constituents that must vote out the Rino scum that permeates the Grand Old Party…..I have heard rumors that Trump just might start his own party and let people who might support him dangle in the wind. Lindsey Graham comes to mind first and as we all already know McConnell long ago became a traitor to all things conservative. You always reap what you sow whether you believe it or not.
Yep, I never met a New Yorker that was not that way, but Trump did keep inflation down to 1.4 percent; kept the invading illegal aliens down to one quarter of the usual; kept the China, Russia, Iran, N. Korea alliance petrified with fear of poverty; and kept most of his promises. Professionals are able to work for a common goal even though they despise each other. Even many of the founding fathers really did not like each other. Trump is our most effective tool to bring this country back from the edge of the great pit, but he is… Read more »
every politician is going to tell us what we want to hear, but President Trump believe it or not did do allot of good our country, even though signing the bumpstock ban. every president has to give something to the anti gunner. so he gave them the most insignificant ban he could. though it hurt our pride, you have to see it from a political stance. it is give and take. It could have been worse, Trump could have went directly after our guns instead he gave them an accessory that he knows can and eventually will be defeated in… Read more »
Nope.
HLB
YEP !!!!!! You don’t know anyone that has done as much for this country as that man did.
Why does every President have to give something to the anti-gunner? Seriously? That kind of sniveling attitude is why our country is in such a mess, today. I see I’m your post more battered women’s “logic” excusing Trump’s betrayals.
True statement, MusicMan! Unfortunately, as they took, we or the “representatives” we erroneously chose gave without a fight. Continuing with more of the same will not yield better results.
So, you’re admitting the WE are the ones responsible through complacency?
Right Again !
THAT is the tactical fundamentals of a business 101 deal. You want everyone coming away from the table feeling as if they got something in order to achieve a much larger agenda.
Exactly!!! Well put.
Uh? It got defeated in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas back in January in an enbanc 13-3 hearing. U.S. appeals court strikes down ban on bump stocks | Reuters
Zero chance I will vote for him. He said screw the constitution in the past plus he sold out gun owners on bump stocks. Nominate someone else republican party or expect to lose badly.
we could very well get there my court action.
Before we have another presidential election.
You’ve been paying attention! EXCELLENT!
Yeah, let’s vote for a guy who is old, hates guns, and violated the constitution.
Trump tards still can’t see he is another tyrant through his “blue collar promises.” He could have held up all his promises, but he’s as much a politician as the rest of those scum
Yeah well the way I see it is this. He stood in the face of the Chinese and business was moving back into this country. Not another one up there would do that and he stood up to North Korea and shut them up and chased a bunch of no good commie bastards down that were attacking our country and shut them down and Again had this country heading in the right direction. Stop pissing down the back of somebody that patted you on yours or are you to blind to see that the man had the world against him… Read more »
No one can deny what he did against the rocketman and the CCP. And even building some of the wall. But if he had the balls to do all that why did he stab the 2A in the back? And by doing so stab all of us, some of his most ardent supporters?
You still didn’t see the tactics that took place all around that little piece of plastic and the lack of WE, The People standing up and shouting back about it?
We shouldn’t have to. He said (and still “says”) he is for us, that he will “protect our 2A rights”. When? In 2028? 2032? 2036? I think most are reluctant to participate in any more (peaceful or otherwise) protests after seeing the treatment the J6 Patriots got. See, and I can already hear more battered woman excuses coming, Trump also has this unredeeming habit of turning his back on people who benefit him. Julian Assange probably helped push him over the finish line in 2016. We see how much gratitude Trump had for him, letting him fester in jail (or… Read more »
And yet I donj’t see YOU down here on the Texas border with us?
Fox news has confirmed they lied to their viewers and followers concerning Trumps loss of the 2020 election. That 2020 election lie has come back to haunt Trump “bigly”.
Ill take the peace and prosperity we had with Trump over the garbage we have now, any day. Sure the bump stock thing hurt at the time, but look at how that’s working out for us now? That inspired the Supreme Court to put the brakes on all kinds of gun control laws including the bump stocks AND the pistol brace ‘rule’. That what we call Winning! Trump 2024!
So tell me, WHERE are all those bump stocks that sunk in that boating accident NOW?
His policies are super. His personality and attacks are Turn- offs to many people. T pray that he learns to curb his tongue . We get more with honey am than vinegar! I’ll bite for him as Gods choice!
Hi MusicMan44! Yeah, Trump sure knows how to turn up the heat on LGBTQ.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/16/celebration-same-sex-marriage-mar-a-lago-00074441
We need less federal money flowing into the States, whether its the police or schools or city parks, not more. Trump may be a brilliant real estate developer and had many wonderful policies during his term in office but he displays a remarkable ignorance of the constitution, law, and frankly most everything outside his field of expertise. If nominated I will vote for him and hopefully he will have a VP that can carry on for another 8 years but it is time for fresh blood and definitely not someone who is a professional politician.
No argument from me except I would say that Trump is an answer to many of our problems. He is not necessarily the [only] answer. We’ve got well over a year to sort it out. It’s often been said that the type of man you need as president is not the type of man it takes to be elected.
After bump stocks and red flags, I don’t think so.
Again, to the cop on the street facing an armed threat. Is the cop supposed to stop and read the threat their Miranda BEFORE the cop takes the gun?
Let’s not forget that Trump campaigned to be a friend of the 2nd amendment when he ran the first time. What we got was an executive order that banned bump stocks and a threat where he said he was not afraid of the NRA and that we should take the guns first and worry about due process later.
What exactly would a cop on the street do if faced with an armed threat? Would he/she first read the perp his Miranda before trying to seize the perp’s weapon?
A cop facing danger on the street is an emergency situation that requires immediate action. A husband should not have his guns confiscated just because his ex-wife says he’s crazy, dangerous, and has guns. In that case there are laws in place that can result in an examination of the evidence, and a ruling by a judge. In other words, due process
No, it was not an Executive order. Nor would an EO be effective because EO s do not make law.
Maybe it wasn’t an EO, but Trump did instruct his Justice Department to come up with a regulation to ban bump stocks, and they did come up with one in 2018.
Promise to abolish the FTA and all unconstitutional gun laws and I might vote for that 2A liar.
Promise?
HLB
Sorry, as you noted, he is a proven liar. His promises are worthless.
In 2016 we had 17 Republican candidates running for POTUS. Trump was my 16th favorite. I liked Jeb even less. Much of what Trump did in office turned out to be on the plus side of things, but some 2-A things were definitely on the minus side. I don’t think he’s electable and I don’t want him to have another go at it. Like Biden, he’s too old and he’d be a lame duck from day one. I am liking DeSantis, though.
The JEB Bush on stage for the 2016 Republican primaries was not the same JEB that governed Florida. I was not enthusiastic about DJT either, being a New Yorker I did not and do not trust him on 2A policy. Sure, Trump had a NYC concealed carry permit just like Schumer and DeNiro and other A-listers, but you nor I would get one.
I am with you on DeSantis, and yes there’s a lot of bashers here that would rather see Newsom as POTUS.
Just think how many people will vote haphazardly for Desantis, drawing crucial voted need away from Trump and we NOT getting out 2nd term for Trump to drain the swamp and complete what he has been doing for our nation and on the national stage? TRUMP 2024 and AFTER Desantis get’s HIS house in order down in Florida, THEN DESANTIS 2028!
You guys do realize that trump picked the most anti gun and anti constitution AG in the history of the country, right? I mean they don’t call bill barr, ”ruby ridge barr” for nothing … Trump is all about laying out constitutional conservative red meat and stabbing constitutional conservatives in the back… Trump is a big government, police state guy… He is the governments Hegelian answer to the problem the government created… And surprise! His answers are more big government, limitless powers for the police, more patriot act (which he signed us into 20 more years of), more homeland security,… Read more »
They just cannot see it. BigRed! That, or they refuse to see, like battered women making endless excuses for why they stay on with their abuser. But enough about common sense and observing things for what they are. It is time to pick one or more excuses from the common excuse for Trump’s betrayals pile. 1) He is exposing the bad guys. Doesn’t matter that not one damn thing comes of it, he is “exposing them” and that is somehow supposed to count for something, or so I’ve been told. 2) He is setting these un-Constitutional things up to be… Read more »
Excellent post, Grigori, i liken the uniparty to a Harlem Globetrotters game and the republicans are the Washington Generals… They put up an entertaining game, but they aren’t there to win anything…they just score meaningless points in order to keep the show going.
He’s as much a politician as the rest of those tyrannical scum.
He can talk all he wants, his actions prove otherwise. Has he done good things? Yes, but that doesn’t outweigh his blatant violations of the constitution.
Trump tards will still lick his boots, though. So much for these people believing in the constitution, smooth brains.
How about those gas, eggs, milk and grocery prices? Like this “economy”? And how about CHINA owning MOST of our MILITARY oil reserves? I bet you’d love to watch all our war toys sitting here at home while CHINA just steams right in to take us because we haven’t the oil reserves to take the battle to CHINA?
He likes to write a lot of checks he can’t cash. It’s time for him to go away.
DeSantis 2024
Agree on Trump. DeSantis has been endorsed by Soros AND Jeb. That ought to be a big honking CLUE as to how much good he would be.
Vote for Trump! But, ONLY as a Last Resort!
Nope, Trump lost 2020 and isn’t the current POTUS, loser. The January 6. buffoons attacked the US Capital because Trump lied to the American people, and it has been debunked at all levels of the justice system and from testimony from his own inner circle. He won’t do anything if he were to get elected POTUS again except line his own pockets. If he says he’s pro-gun, that’s just another one of his many lies, and we have actual proof on that.
@ Get out, I can’t help but respond to your line of BS. What did Trump lie about? Nothing! He told the country the election was stolen……..it was….Then he told the crowd to march to the capital and let their voices be heard, peacefully. He did not order the demonstration. It had been planned for a couple of weeks. By the time he finished speaking, the demonstration had already begun and it was egged on by the Capitol police and the FBI, and THEN it turned into a riot. If you have an open mind at all watch Tucker Carlson… Read more »
Wow, do you have undeniable proof the election was stolen? You should give your proof to Trump and his cronies because after two plus years they’ve produced nothing that would overturn the election. In fact, they’ve been beaten down in court for producing zero evidence. I’m going to make a SWAG that Fox news is going to be paying 1.6 billion to Dominion for their blatant lies. Those texts and e-mails are coming back to haunt them all including Tucker Carlson. They knew Trump lost and still lied to you people for two plus years. As for the attack on… Read more »
Like I said………now, it is obvious that your mind is set on whatever the Libtards tell you to agree with. The fix was in before 2016 and it is about to be set straight. I suppose one like you will stand by Fauci too….Get outa here……
Yeah, I saw a professor from MIT demonstrate how Biden could not have made that come from behind win in Michigan without an algorithm to help. And in Wisconsin several key townships have more ballots cast than the combined total of all the men, women, and children living in those townships. Pretty good evidence of something.
You sure that wasn’t Mike Lindell who spent 35 million to prove there was election fraud. He sponsored what, 4 cyber symposiums and couldn’t prove anything?
The professor from MIT got debunked too. It was all a lie perpetrated by Trump and his minions.
WB, There is so much evidence of malfeasance coming into the realm through the house committees. It will end up blowing even the retarded liberals minds, if they are willing to accept it, which they probably won’t. I just hope that Fauci doesn’t get out of the country to hide his dumb ass in some enemy country where they won’t send him back to face the charges that will ultimately come. He lied, he spent taxpayer money on the Wuhan lab that ultimately had an ‘accident’ and killed millions of folks worldwide and failed to admit it. He killed more… Read more »
My younger sister is a libtard refuse to believe the socialists are wrong kind of person. Facts mean nothing to her. Logic is an empty word to her. She lives in the woke dream world of expectations and deservedness. Her only value is that she has convinced me that there is only one remedy for that kind of person.
And Fouci should be fired, too.
You can come to my house for Thanksgiving, I’ll treat you right!
“WTF does Trump need with any more money to line his pockets with? He is a multi Billionaire………….”
Greed is a powerful force. Nobody becomes a billionaire, devoting the blood, sweat, tears, and all else needed to get there without a very strong love of money. There is never “enough”. There will always be a quest for “more”, “more”, “more”.
An apt description of Obama, Schumer, Pelosi, Soros, and all of the Biden’s.
I agree on them too.
awaiting approval. Nothing pornographic, obscene, or homophobic. Give me a break.
Over four hours and no one has been able to check out my reply to Get Out…..Am I being censored?
Been in your shoes often enough. It sometimes takes days Oldman.
“Line his pockets”? He paid for his own campaign and never accepted a paycheck for 4 years… How does that pocket lining thing work in your world?
Wrong again, he didn’t pay for anything. He got it from fundraising too.
2020 Presidential Election Fundraising: Biden Vs. Trump : NPR
He “started” paying his own campaign. Before long, he was soliciting donations from the peasants and the wealthy like any other politician.
$1.6 million, to a billionaire, is chump change. Probably about like one of us giving five bucks to a homeless guy who looks like he really needs it. $1.6 billion becomes even less consequential when you are getting greater rewards from the likes of the Rothschilds, Soros, or maybe the Rockefellers. Ditto Pfizer for helping push their clot shot.
Believe me, Trump has not lost any money in this game.
Gotta ask though, did you send Trump money so he could get a new jet, after all he’s a billionaire right? How about money to “Stop the Steal” of which he’s spent very little for finding election fraud.
Some attack. The only armed persons were the Police, who shot through a closed door killing an unarmed woman.You believe too much propaganda.
You say Trump lied. What specifically is the lie that you allege?
What is the “actual proof” that you allege?
So, if you’re being beaten or attacked with stun guns, pepper spray, baseball bats, wood and metal flagpoles wielded as clubs, fire extinguishers and other items, you would tell the police your assailant wasn’t armed?
The law of self defense is that you can only use deadly force to meet immediate deadly force. Shooting through a closed door can not be said to be meeting immediate deadly force.
How about, “I will protect your gun rights”, for starters?
Trump was a business man, not a Constitutional scholar. We failed to educate him as to what our Second Amendment protected natural Rights are. Then several shootings occurred that shocked him, and that gave rise to an opportunity for his professional politician AGUS to take advantage of him.
Glad to see many on here are seeing what a POS Trump is and that he is as believable as Puto Putin! Let me state something that will trigger many but THINK about what I am saying. Dems: We know where they stand on 2A rights and thus can effectively combat them. GOP: We really do not know were they stand despite what they say. Too many are no Different than good old Wayne LaP. and can only see the Benjamin’s and power. Looking at our current SCOTUS I am even unsure of how they will rule on 2A cases,… Read more »
I know where they all stand.
HLB
Trump is a proven liar. He said before that the assault on our second amendment rights had come to an end and then he went on to enact more arms laws in his first two years than the previous two administrations combined. He supports red flag laws, bans on body armor and suppressors, as well as using social media to deny people their 2A rights via the TAPS Act. His support of “stop and frisk” means even more citizens will have their 2A rights violated by government thugs who do not respect our constitutional right to bear arms. It is… Read more »
Amen, Stag!
Yup he woulda banned suppressors had it not been for his son talking him outta it. I can’t believe these folks are still falling for it like it never happened
It’s truly mind boggling. Look at all the downvotes I have just for stating facts. These people are like some sort of cult. Burying their heads in the sand and protecting their leader at all costs. Meanwhile, not a single one is willing nor able to refute anything I’ve said.
Hey STAG – just calm down. Would you rather have DeSantis? How about “GlowTeeth” Nikki Haley”? I do believe that Donald J. Trump was misled on a number of fronts – the 2nd Amendment being one of them. Now, think back about what he DID do that has basically saved our rights under the 2nd Amendment – ok? It’s called Judicial appointments. You can thank him for the Bruen decision bud. If you don’t like Trump, I suggest you keep it to yourself on this comment board – or, tell us who you think would do a much better job.
Mislead, huh? Who do you think is easier to mislead? Biden or Trump. If Trump is able to be mislead on so many things then maybe he’s not competent enough to be in the highest office. This “would you rather” game is a really low bar to use to justify voting for bad politicians. Funny how this is a 2A forum and you think I should keep my dislike of anti-2A politicians to myself. If you want suggestions on who would be a better choice all you have to do is look at voting records. Hell, we could have had… Read more »
Both men have conditions that are different. Biden is senile, weak, subject to black mail for influence peddling, and therefore a puppet.
Trump was not a professional politician and could not play Washington political games like a professional politician. And that is why we voted for him.
My issue is not that you voted him. My issue is that after he has not only voiced support for infringement but actually enacted infringement many on here want to vote for him again.
” …he went on to enact more arms laws in his first two years than the previous two administrations combined. ” is not a fact.
” … using social media to deny people their 2A rights via the TAPS Act.” requires explanation before it can be considered a fact.
It is not that no one can refute what you have written. It is just a lot of work to sift through the errors and omissions.
It is a fact. He enacted a ban on bumpstocks and signed FixNICS into law with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018. How many arms laws did Obama and Bush Jr enact?
Are you confused one what the TAPS Act is?
The president is unable to enact anything much less a ban. Enact refers to what the Congress does. There was no bump stock ban statute. That bureaucratic action is attributable to the BATFE.
I want to read your explanation, please. Specifically how you think Trump was using the act to deny people their Rights.
Trump and Trump alone directed the DOJ to “do something” about bumpstocks. They did. You can play semantics all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that the DOJ had no issue with bumpstocks until Trump ordered them to do something. “Very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House. Legislation moving forward. Bump Stocks will soon be out. Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to State Law. Armed guards OK, deterrent!…….” Trump 3/12/18 “Obama Administration legalized bump stocks. BAD IDEA. As I promised, today the Department of… Read more »
If you are going to make accusations, you have to be accurate. “… to do something …” is far short of “Trump enacted”. If you are going to tell a story, then tell it right.
Now, what about that TAPS Act accusation?
I like how you keep dodging the question.
I think that I addressed the deficiencies of your entire argument, holes and all.
Except that TAPS Act part of the argument, which you are remiss to explain.
“” …he went on to enact more arms laws in his first two years than the previous two administrations combined. ” is not a fact.”
Again, how many arms laws did Obama and Bush Jr enact? You claim my statement “is not a fact”. You want to demand answers from me but keep dodging my questions.
Odd? EVERYWHERE I look I read, “Trump ADMINISTRATION Bans Bump Stocks.”
“There was no bump stock ban statute. That bureaucratic action is attributable to the BATFE.”
Mental gymnastics like these are sure to win you a Gold Medal in the next Olympics! Bump stocks were okay with Obama’s BATF. Bump stocks were okay with Trump’s BATF. It was Trump who pushed BATF into reclassification of those devices as “machine guns” that created the mess. You Trumpsters are in absolute denial about any and every betrayal this liar has inflicted on us.
Tell it like a preacher!
“On December 18, 2018, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announced that the Department of Justice has amended the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), clarifying that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger.”
Thank you for proving my point. Trump pushed this into happening. Had he left well enough alone, it would never have happened. BATF under Obama AND Trump was okay with bumpstocks. At least they were until Trump pushed the issue with them.
That does not prove your point. You are still missing evidence of Trump having intended and ordered the BATFE to use its rule making authority to ban anything.
You have not improved on the logic error.
The BATFE. I see that you are able to leap long logic gaps in a single bound. The best that one can honestly say is that Trump said to do something. He did not say do something unconstitutional or do something in an unconstitutional way.
So, you believe his goading BATFE into classifying bumpstocks as machine guns was somehow Constitutional?
There is no evidence in the record that “Trump pushed the BATF to reclassify bump stocks”. You can not falsify information to fill holes in the logic analysis.
Really? Really? Please read this…..if you dare!
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-bump-stock-type-devices-final-rule
What are you trying to say?
I’m done for now. No use arguing with the psychological equivalent of a battered woman and the incredible mental gymnastics she will employ to defend her abuser.
I’m just following the rules of logic. Insults do not make up for conclusion jumping.
“It’s not that the Democrats are wrong, it’s just that much of what they say just isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
Pretty sure he mentioned, “Stop and frisk KNOWN FELONS” in that statement? Again… The cop on the street facing an armed threat. Is the cop supposed to first read the threat their Miranda BEFORE disarming the threat?
Sounds like a 4th amendment as well as a 2nd amendment violation. If someone has served their sentence and they are now free then they deserve all of their rights.
He is not going ot get re-elected he is seditionist scum who is Anti gun as we saw with his Bump-stock ban that has led to Biden’s Brace ban
Libtard logic, what Biden did is Trumps fault, GFY. Trump 2024
Unfortunately, I mostly agree this this guy ^
Except the “seditionist” part.
AZ, how do you feel about those various Autonomous Zones?
Comparing the failed autonomous zones occupied by a few leftwing failures at life- which local authorities allowed- to Traitor Trumps attempt to overthrow the Constitution using rightwing failures at life is disingenuous
I tell you what disingenuous – your claiming to have a logical opinion. Now, go apply some ice packs to your flaming bunghole and remind those men to use more lubricants when they pound away on ya…
Hey, loser – your comment is reflective of why eating your own boogers non-stop is the primary cause of dementia. Now, go change those urine soaked bedsheets, toss them in the wash with your Spongebob Jammies and stay off this comment board.
“On December 18, 2018, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announced that the Department of Justice has amended the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), clarifying that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger.”
The odd thing is I don’t see TRUMP’s name ANYWHERE in this action?
Maybe if you read the WHOLE thing… “President Donald Trump is a law and order president, who has signed into law millions of dollars in funding for law enforcement officers in our schools, and under his strong leadership, the Department of Justice has prosecuted more gun criminals than ever before as we target violent criminals. We are faithfully following President Trump’s leadership by making clear that bump stocks, which turn semiautomatics into machine guns, are illegal, and we will continue to take illegal guns off of our streets.” On February 20, 2018, President Trump issued a memorandum instructing the Attorney… Read more »
Maybe the memo said that, maybe not, but presidents do not draft their own memos. What you quote is Matt Whitaker’s work product.