Donald Trump Jr’s 2A Task Force Needs Closer Scrutiny By Gun Owners
BY Herschel Smith
“Donald Trump Jr. launches gun rights group, vows to fight Democratic gun control proposals,” Fox News reports. “The Second Amendment Task Force plans to build its operation around Trump’s high social media visibility and following, as well as his national media appearances.”
“The Second Amendment Task Force is the first advocacy group that Trump has launched and been directly involved with,” the report elaborates. “The group plans to make a push in the upcoming midterm elections this year, especially in the voter registration sphere.”
Except it’s not the first. Remember that “Second Amendment Coalition” his father announced and made him chairman of back in 2016? The one he co-chaired with fired NRA-ILA honcho and bump stock “regulator” Chris Cox? If you don’t recall that group, it’s probably because it didn’t actually do much of anything and the webpage was taken down a half-a-year later.
As for “plans to make a push,” it’s fair to ask for whom. His father’s Mehmet Oz pick comes to mind. Are there any other candidates gun owners may have concerns about?
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It would be greater to see him using his New York City concealed carry permit as a springboard to highlight how unjust and un-American it is to limit such permits to the sell-connected elites and to lead the charge for demanding change. For someone presuming to be a leadership voice for gun owners, it would be not just appropriate, but crucial for Trump Jr. to also explain in principle and detail:
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If he agrees his father has been flat-out wrong on bump stocks;
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Where he agrees with his father on which gun laws should be enforced;
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Why he didn’t weigh in on “red flag laws” when his father said “Take the guns first, due process second”;
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If he agrees with his father on raising the gun purchase age to 21; and
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How he differs from his father’s White House position on where the right to bear arms comes from (see photo, above).
David goes on to say, “The object here is not to attack him or start a feud with dad.”
I don’t mind doing so. Trump will always trumpet his permit as something glorious, when the rest of the peasants who can’t afford highly paid lawyers in NY are left with nothing.
He should be ashamed at heralding his permit as something to be proud of rather than an example of something that should be changed. Far from being a sign of support for gun rights, it’s a sign that he has no idea what gun rights means.
I don’t mind saying it at all. I don’t trust anything Trump is involved with pertaining to 2A rights.
He can go pound sand.