Counting all the times the gaslighting ghouls of the left have called for gun confiscation while lying about all their calls for gun confiscation.
Leftist liberty deniers parrot a version of “nobody wants to take anybody’s guns away” in almost any debate on the commonsense civil right of self-defense for several reasons. They do this primarily to give you a false sense of security that they really aren’t out to confiscate guns — when that has been and always will be their ultimate goal.
But that isn’t the only reason. They want to avoid the stark, historical comparisons with authoritarian fascists and socialists of the recent past that began their oppressive regimes with the confiscation of guns. See the history of the USSR, National Socialist Germany, China, Cuba, and Venezuela for examples of leftists confiscating guns before they grabbed ultimate power.
Some have gone so far as to deny the facts of history. Someone who ominously named himself the “Propaganda Professor” actually claimed:
Hitler didn’t ban guns, but we can pretend he did; very few liberals ban guns, but we can pretend they all do; therefore, liberals are just like Hitler. And other false Hitlerisms.
The funny thing is that since we have taken notice of their demands for gun confiscation and begun to list them out on a periodic basis, they are less likely to issue these demands. Apparently, leftist liars don’t like being called out on their lies.
The gun-grabbing ghouls also incessantly repeat the lie as a smokescreen obscuring the true purposes of their preliminary obsessions. Aside from the actual taking of firearms with unconstitutional gun confiscations (aka “red flag” orders). Authoritarian leftists obsess over certain specific legislative items simply because they facilitate the confiscation process.
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You need to understand that universal gun registration laws (AKA universal background checks, expanded background checks) unconstitutionally assert government control over private property. Perhaps some sort of quasi–”commerce clause” rationale could be applied to a federal firearm licensee engaged in commerce “among the several states” when you buy an AR-15 at the local fairgrounds. But how would that apply to you selling a gun to your neighbor or giving one to your kids?
The liberty deniers also need to know who has what when it comes to confiscation time. If fact, they have openly admitted to this in their gun-grabbing screeds.
They also want to make sure all your guns are in one convenient place for confiscation. That is why they also obsess over “safe storage” laws in their trifecta of tyranny. Force you to store your guns in a big, expensive safe so they are less useful in defending you from their voters and ready to be snatched by the SWAT team at the right time. All for your safety, of course. Don’t forget that.
We are coming up on the 29th anniversary of this lie. Yes, way back in 1993, the L.A. Times called for the outright confiscation of guns. You will also notice that some propagandists like Vox merely repackage the same BS each time they can. That’s why it shows up so often.
Always keep in mind that the gaslighting ghouls of the left are lying about their ultimate goal of taking your guns and that everything they do is built around that endpoint.
1993
La Times — Taming the Monster: Get Rid of the Guns
2011
Arizona Daily Star: Reinstate ban on military-style assault weapons
2012
Daily Kos: Yes conservatives, we want to take away your guns…
Huffington Post: Get Rid of the Damn Guns
Daily Kos: How to Ban Guns: A step by step, long term process
Economist The gun control that works: no guns
Opinionator — New York Times: Why Gun ‘Control’ Is Not Enough
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo: “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale … could be an option.”
Eugene Robinson: First, Get Rid of the Guns
Detroit Metro Times: Ban all guns, now
House Dem: ‘Turn in your guns’
2013
I Went After Guns. Obama Can, Too.
Huffington Post: Gun Control? We Need Domestic Disarmament
2014
La Times: You say gun control doesn’t work? Fine. Let’s ban guns altogether.
Obama: A couple of decades ago, Australia had a mass shooting similar to Columbine or Newtown. … And basically imposed very severe, tough gun laws.
Tallahassee Democrat — Stop the insanity: Ban guns
2015
Gun Violence in America — Crazy Solution: Get Rid of the Guns
Vox: Australia confiscated 650,000 guns.
The Second Amendment must go: We ban lawn darts. It’s time to ban guns.
Huffington Post: Domestic Disarmament, Not ‘Gun Control’
Obama: “We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, …Friends of ours, allies of ours — Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.”
Washington Post: A gun-free society
Gun controls like assault weapons bans and background checks aren’t enough – Vox
Vox: What no politician wants to admit about gun control “taking a huge number of guns away from a huge number of gun owners”
Daily Kos: Effective Gun Control – A National Semi-Auto Ban
Hillary Clinton: “the Australian example…a buyback program.. worth considering.. national level”
The Daily Beast: Yes, They Want to Take Your Guns Away
The New York Times: End the Gun Epidemic in America [First Front Page Editorial In 95 Years]
New Republic: It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them.
2016
Anderson Cooper Isn’t Sure Gun Conspiracy Kooks Don’t Have A Point
The Daily Beast: President Obama Isn’t Taking People’s Guns — But Maybe He Should.
W. Kamau Bell [CNN]: I want Obama to take away your guns
Huffington post: Can’t We Just Put the Damn Guns Down?
Washington Post – Eugene Robinson: Assault weapons must be banned in America
Vox: Australia confiscated 650,000 guns.
What if we get rid of guns in America?
2017
What Would Happen If Guns Were Taken Away?
Plan A Magazine: Ban Guns. Amend the Constitution.
(CNN) Sachs: Ban semiautomatic assault weapons and save lives
The Week: Ban guns
Washington Post Editorial Board Calls on Trump to Pass Gun Control.
Dan Pfeiffer: What to Bring to the Gun Fight [national gun registry. gun buyback program]
Vox: Australia confiscated 650,000 guns.
News-Press — USA Today Editorial Board: Renew ban on military-style assault weapons
Boston Globe: Hand over your weapons.
RedHawks Online: Guns must go.
Splinter news: BAN GUNS
2018
Vox: Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
It’s Too Late. You’ve Lost Your Guns.
La Times: No one becomes a mass shooter without a mass-shooting gun
The Star: Want to end gun violence Mr. President? Get rid of guns
Mercury News — Eugene Robinson: Arming teachers is absurd — ban military-style assault rifles
The Charlotte News: Ban military-style assault weapons for the sake of our children
Maine Voices: Yes, we want to take away your guns
This video has a chilling start, but it makes a great point about the 2nd Amendment [Musket myth]
Vox: Why an assault weapons ban can’t address America’s gun problem.
Emma González [March for our Lives]: Removing … semi-automatic weapons from … society.
Esquire: Okay, Now I Actually Do Want To Take Your Guns.
Vox: Australia confiscated 650,000 guns.
The Birds and The BS — We’re not saying we’re coming for your guns…we’re singing it!
The Guardian: ‘Why does anyone need a gun?‘
stltoday.COM: The gun ban that worked [Virtual gun confiscation]
Ban assault weapons, buy them back, go after resisters.
10 Reasons to Abolish the Second Amendment
Mother Jones: Ban All Semiautomatic Firearms
Washington Monthly: ..Solution to Gun Violence [nationalization arms industry, compensated confiscation]
2019
NAACP President OPINION: Gun Safety Is about Freedom [Australian style gun confiscation ]
Bernie Sanders: We must follow New Zealand.. ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Ban bump stocks, semiautos.. high cap mags designed to kill people
Syracuse.COM: 20 years after Columbine: ‘Guns are the problem. Guns need to go.’
‘Goosebumps’! CNN’s Baldwin, Camerota Cheer Hogg Family, Push Mass Gun Confiscation
Illinois State Senator Julie Morrison: “Maybe it’ll just be a confiscation we won’t have pay.. the fine.”
La Times: Banning semiautomatic weapons won’t solve America’s gun problem [getting rid of semi-autos won’t be enough]
Nate McMurray YEP. I’M COMING FOR YOUR AR15[Congressional candidate calling for gun confiscation]
Barack Obama demanding ‘tougher gun laws’ i.e. gun confiscation
O’Rourke calls for mandatory gun buyback, licensing
Iowa state Sen. Claire Celsi dictatorial senator threatens to take guns by force if the gun owner wasn’t “nice” to her.
March for our lives: A Peace Plan for a Safer America.
Dr. RaShall Brackney, Chief of the Charlottesville Police Department [Paraphrasing] “Any weapons that can be used to kill people should be banned”
Beto O’Rourke claims he hasn’t talked about confiscating guns.
For a generation, Democrats have been afraid to run aggressively on guns. But that was then. Finally, it’s the Republicans who should be afraid.
Democrats have spent years denying they’ll take people’s guns. Not anymore.
Democrats have been discussing the same ideas on guns for 25 years. It’s time to change that.
Behar Advises 2020 Dems: ‘Don’t Tell…Wait Until You Get Elected Then Take Guns Away’.
[NYT] VA Governor Northam “has not ruled out confiscating assault weapons from gun owners.”
2020 Presidential candidates that have advocated gun confiscation. [or any synonyms thereof: mandatory buy back etc, virtual confiscation/permission requirements ]
‘Bingo’: Biden Says He Is ‘Going To Come’ For Assault Weapons
Kamala Harris Would Force Gun Owners To Sell Their Assault Weapons To The Government
Kirsten Gillibrand suggests support for mandatory buyback of assault weapons
[virtual confiscation/governmental permission requirements for unalienable human rights].
2021
NYT: Why America Can’t Fix Its Gun Violence…”has to be done to quickly reduce the number of firearms. banning more types of guns — perhaps all semiautomatic weapons or all handguns”
2022
Sick of Massacres? Get Rid of the Guns.
Vox: Australia confiscated 650,000 guns.
America, God take the guns from thee – The Boston Globe
Get rid of your guns, you …… lunatics
The Hard Truth: Gun Safety Must Be Everything That Republicans Fear
Beto O’Rourke says AR-15 owners shouldn’t “be able to keep them”
The Moderate Voice: DON’T SAY “GUNS”
Business insider: The July 4 Highland Park shooting was one of 314 mass shootings in the US this year. Here are 5 countries that have taken radical steps to eliminate firearm deaths.
USA today: Americans can’t handle their guns. Time to repeal the 2nd Amendment. In order to get rid of the Second Amendment, we’d use Article V of the Constitution.
Originally published on the American Thinker
D Parker is an engineer, inventor, wordsmith, and student of history, the director of communications for a Bill of Rights organization, and a longtime contributor to conservative websites. Find him on Substack.
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