Libertarians are not going to let potential harm to our rights go unnoticed. Lawmakers are attempting to ban people from purchasing firearms while at the same time denying the right of due process in the Collins-Ayotte amendment.
In a free society, everyone is presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty. No innocent person should have their rights taken away. The Bill of Rights protects citizens from the government.
What this amendment proposes to do is ban people from purchasing firearms. It allows for the government to presume people are guilty and arbitrarily place them onto lists. You can be put on the list for any reason, or no reason at all, without any legal legwork. You will not be notified that you are on the list, and if you find out that you are, you will not be told why, and good luck getting off of the list.
If the attorney general Loretta Lynch has information about a person she believes could be related to terrorism, she can place him or her on a list that will preclude them from purchasing a firearm. There is nothing stopping her from placing you on the list because of your political affiliations or ideology, or on any other whim.
People are placed on these lists without their knowledge, they are not notified, and they certainly have not been given due process. The whole idea of these lists is antithetical to liberty. These lists are made in secret and we don’t know who is on the list or why, due process is being circumvented.
Watch the clip above of Senator Joe Manchin telling America that “Due process is what’s killing us now.” Apparently Joe and Democrats think that our rights are getting in the way of government doing whatever it wants to the people. We live in dangerous times.
I was notified about this amendment from an email alert from Gun Owners of America. Gun rights organizations do tremendous work alerting members to contact their congressional representatives, which I do often in defense of liberty. I highly recommend that you join a gun rights organization such as GOA, and encourage others to do the same, even if they are not gun owners.
Be aware of what is going on and make sure your friends and family know as well. The politicians are counting on the apathy and ignorance of the populace to take control and establish a totalitarian state over you. Due process is not killing us, evil people are killing us.