Nadler Pushing to Keep Guns Away from Child Sex Offenders
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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Photo Credit: Yori Yanover / Grand Street News
Talk about surefire ideas: on Tuesday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, introduced legislation “to prevent child sex offenders from owning guns.”
OK, I’d like to know who’s against that one? Nobody? Good, now a bill to prevent cruelty to puppies – by show of hands…
According to Nadler, Federal law currently prohibits a person convicted of a felony from buying, selling or possessing guns or ammunition. However, it is perfectly legal if he or she has been convicted of one or more misdemeanor sex crimes against a minor.
The Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013 would make it illegal under federal law for someone convicted of a misdemeanor sex crime against a minor to transfer, acquire or possess firearms or ammunition.
American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst once said: “Show me a magazine cover with a pretty girl, a baby and a dog, and I’ll show you a magazine that sells.” Nadler’s legislative equivalent must be: Give me a pervert and an AK-47 and I’ll show you a gun control bill that flies.
“Tonight, President Obama is expected to highlight victims of gun violence in his remarks on the State of the Union and call on the Congress to act,” said Nadler on Tuesday. “In response, I am pleased to offer what should be perhaps the easiest place to start – preventing those convicted of sex crimes against a minor from obtaining firearms. The Keep Kids Safe Act would ensure that predators who have been convicted of offenses against children are not able to buy guns. There is absolutely no justification for permitting an individual convicted of a misdemeanor sex crime against a child to access dangerous weapons.”
This legislation covers misdemeanor sex offenders who have already shown a propensity to target children. It is modeled after the firearms ban which applies to those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes. That ban, enacted in 1996, prevented over 13,000 criminals from gaining access to firearms in 2008 alone, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The bill has the support of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Violence Policy Center.
tell a friendAbout the Author: JewishPress.com Senior Internet Editor Yori Yanover has been a working journalist since age 17, before he enlisted and worked for Ba'Machane Nachal. Since then he has worked for Israel Shelanu, the US supplement of Yedioth, JCN18.com, USAJewish.com, Lubavitch News Service, Arutz 7 (as DJ on the high seas), and the Grand Street News. He has published two fun books: The Cabalist's Daughter: A Novel of Practical Messianic Redemption, and How Would God REALLY Vote.
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How many sex offenders have gone on a shooting spree? None. Why don't we pass legislation to prevent sex offenders from owning time machines? That could be dangerous right?
Instead of taking actual steps to prevent child abuse, this guy is doing what all politicians do: they drop more restrictions on sex offenders and tell the public it makes their children safe. Guess what? It doesn't. If you want to make children safe, you have to create education and prevention programs. Gun ownership is irrelevant.
So while he's rattling his saber about sex offenders and guns, there are actual children who are suffering actual abuse and it doesn't involve guns at all. The only way you could demonstrate you care less about child safety would be to hand out bags of broken glass at an elementary school.