With less than two weeks remaining for Congress members in D.C. ahead of the August recess, Democrats are doing all they can to push their legislative agenda through.
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They may be hoping to ride the coattails of the gun bill resident Biden signed at the end of June, as they have lined up four hearings and one bill markup to completely take place by tonight.
Here is the hearing that has already taken place and what Democrats have scheduled for today in the hopes of disarming law-abiding Americans.
House Financial Services’ Tuesday Hearing: “Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough: How Mass Shootings Harm Communities, Local Economies, and Economic Growth”
Five witnesses appeared at Tuesday’s hearing, including the senior director of research at Everytown for Gun Safety. Another witnesses is a business and real estate professor at the University of Georgia who has stated in written testimony submitted to the committee that he is currently working on a paper studying the impact on real estate prices in areas where school shootings have occurred. For his research “a mass shooting is defined as a gun-related episode of violence with three or more victims (not necessarily fatalities), not including the shooter; it is an episode that does not involve gangs, drugs, or organized crime.” His research doesn’t focus on areas with high levels of gang activity, drug use and organized crime such as New York City and Chicago. (RELATED: Police: Hero Citizen Stopped July 4th Mass Shooting by Illegal Immigrants)
House Oversight and Reform’s Wednesday Hearing: “Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers”
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) has sent letters to heads of three major gun manufacturers — Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.; Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. and Daniel Defense, LLC. Maloney has summoned them to appear at this week’s hearing meant to “examine the role of the firearms industry in the gun violence epidemic, including with respect to the sale and marketing of assault weapons and the broad civil immunity that has been granted to manufacturers.” (RELATED: Capitol Police Arrest 17 House Democrats at Supreme Court)
House Judiciary Committee’s Wednesday Markup: H.R. 2814, the “Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act”; H.R. 1808, the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021”
This hearing will focus on two bills, H.R. 2814 and H.R. 1808. H.R. 2814 was introduced by California Democrat Adam Schiff and aims to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, commonly known as the PLCAA. This was act was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2005 and protects gun manufacturers from being sued by the families of gun violence victims. (RELATED: California Scheming to Deny Gun Permits to Residents Based on Ideological Views)
H.R. 1808 is the Assault Weapons Ban, which has been brought up in previous sessions of Congress but has never received serious consideration. I hope that during this hearing lawmakers will first be able to define what they consider to be an assault weapon before trying to ban something they can not even put a finger on.
Senate Judiciary’s Wednesday Hearing: Hearings to examine the Highland Park attack, focusing on protecting our communities from mass shootings
The purpose of this hearing is to gather more information about the shooting that took place in Highland Park, Illinois over Independence Day weekend. The shooting happened mere days after the gun bill Biden signed at the end of June — the bipartisan Safer Communities Act — became law. Instead of questioning why the biggest gun control package in over 20 years didn’t stop the shooting, lawmakers will no doubt try to pass further legislation that will again do nothing. (RELATED: Report: Highland Park Parade Shooting Suspect Confesses)
Joint Economic Committee’s Wednesday Hearings: “Hearings to examine the economic toll of gun violence, focusing on how our nation bears the costs.”
Democrats have called a slew of anti-gun advocacy witnesses to help push their radical agenda through Congress. Three of four witnesses are from liberal groups, with the only conservative witness presently listed for the hearing being Heritage Foundation legal fellow Amy Swearer.