This is not something you will see on MSNBC, CNN, and/or PBS. Clay Higgins, a United States Representative, questioned Gramaglia, a police commissioner, during the House Oversight Committee’s June hearing on gun violence. Gramaglia stated that he would seize firearms from legally-licensed gun owners who comply with red flag laws. The following statement by Higgins is one for the records and something you won’t hear in mainstream media.
Representative Clay Higgins Grills Commissioner Gramaglia
After the tragic events in Buffalo, the Police Commissioner Gramaglia immediately joined the gun control debate. Gramaglia also used the death the security guard to get anti-gun brownie points.
He claimed that “a good guy with an assault weapon can’t stop a shooter using a high-capacity gun,” despite evidence to the contrary.
He should read our story about the women that stopped an AR-15-wielding criminal from entering a graduation party. She did it with a gun. He might also want to read about the 22 year-old Indiana man who stopped a murderer using a rifle. With a concealed carry pistol, he was able to see 40 yards away.
He stated that big-city police chiefs support bans on “assault weapon” and high capacity magazines. He also stated that they want universal background checks and improvements in the NICS. Representative Clay Higgins’s stance on red-flag laws is what drew the civics lesson.
Buffalo News reports that “In addition, police chiefs favor improving accessibility to records that will enable authorities to remove guns from individuals who endanger themselves or others, the Buffalo police commissioner stated.”
Higgins questioned Gramaglia during the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on gun violence. He asked Gramaglia his support for gun confiscation.
“Would it be possible to go to your neighbor’s house and seize his legally owned weapons? This was a man who was not under criminal investigation or under arrest. Would you do it?
Gramaglia tried deflecting by explaining red flag law, “The red flag rules would before Higgins cut off.”
“That’s a yes’ or a no, brother. Higgins interrupted, “I have five minutes to make an hour-and-a-half statement.”
Gramaglia responded, “It’s more that a yes or not answer.”
Representative Clay Higgins: Class is in session
Higgins stated, “We’ll continue on then,” before giving a lesson to Gramaglia on red flag laws as well as recent gun history.
Here are the top 4 minutes of video you won’t find on mainstream news. Higgins will take over.
“If you can’t…if it is impossible to say yes, you will confiscate weapons from any American citizen who was subject to this law that my colleagues intends to push through. Then you…and you stated in your statement that you would confiscate these weapons if an American was, your quote, ‘a danger to themselves or others’.
“Accordingly to that law, ‘determined’ is defined as an anonymous tip that an American citizen [is] an imminent threat to themselves or others …”. He emphasized this by throwing his pen over his shoulder in frustration.
“You’re a police commissioner. A thin blue line brother. You have sworn to uphold this constitution. You’re stating that you would seize these weapons. That is a problem to me.”
A Lesson on Recent U.S. History
He continued:
“I’ma (sic), bring us back in the time to World War II. America’s population is 140 million. 15 million men from America returned from World War II with significant skills and deep scars. They were left with invisible wounds from war and there were (sic) weapons all around.
“I’m going talk about mental challenge. My father was a Navy pilot during World War II. He returned from war and built his family. I am the seventh of eight children. I was born in 1961.
“We had guns all over. There was almost no regulation. A child could buy a weapon from any seller in the 50s if their father sent the money. We didn’t have mass shootings.
“It wasn’t until 1968 that serial numbers were required for weapons sold in this country. You can order weapons by mail through the sears catalog. In the 70s, almost every vehicle in the lot was a pickup truck. Nearly every vehicle had a rifle or shotgun under the seat and a gun on the back glass. We didn’t have school shootings.
Land of the Free, Home of the Once Secure
People used to feel safe living in cities. Higgins would love to know the history. We would all like to know:
“1979 was the year I started college. I had to work my way through college as a carpenter. We restored historic buildings. During that process, we had to determine the original cut of these homes. Homes built 75, 85, and 100 years ago. The saw cut could tell you if it was a manual, an electric, or hand cut. We were able to determine the origin of the house by these observations.
“And to my surprise, as a young man starting college in Louisiana, I started working. Madame Chair, I discovered to my surprise. What did these houses lack? These houses were built in American cities 100 years ago. Commissioner, you know what they didn’t have? Locks. Locks.
“I want to know what happened to that country man?” A country where homes were built in areas without locks. A country in which guns were all over and not controlled at all. There were millions of Americans who left, but 14 million Americans returned with incredible skills and weapons of war. But there were no mass shootings.
“And here we are today, where an entire once proud Democratic Party is presenting unbelievably nonconstitutional laws for pressing upon our nation. We have a police commissioner who says he would confiscate legally owned weapons if given a tip.
“Madam Chair! I give up my speech, but I will not give up my opposition to these unconstitutional law.”
Representative Higgins, that is a great statement. It was well said.
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