NSSF: Chicago Mayor’s Order Puts Gun Control Agenda Ahead Of Police Safety
NSSF: Chicago Mayor’s Order Puts Gun Control Agenda Ahead Of Police Safety
Every FFL sale already goes through a federal background check
The executive order is ostensibly designed to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent only on firearm vendors that demonstrate strong legal compliance and responsible business practices. The truth is, however, all firearms dealers do just that. Licensed dealers are required to run a federal background check before legally transferring a firearm to a purchaser.
If the purchaser passes the background check, he or she has been verified by the federal government as meeting the criteria for legally purchasing a firearm. Thus, every sale by an FFL is a legal, responsible one a fact that is proven by the background check.
The Executive Order prioritizes gun control bureaucracy over law enforcement safety
Now, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearm industry trade association, has weighed in on the new executive order. And despite gun-ban groups praising Johnson for the move, NSSF said it “prioritizes gun control bureaucracy over law enforcement safety.”
“Law enforcement agencies select duty firearms and ammunition through extensive testing and evaluation,” NSSF’s Larry Keane wrote in a news report on the executive order. “Reliability, accuracy, durability, ergonomics, training requirements and performance under difficult conditions all matter. Officers must have confidence that their equipment will function when their lives or the lives of others depend on it.”
Keane also wrote that those decisions should be made by experienced law enforcement professionals based on operational needs.
“They should not be manipulated, or limited, by politicians and activists seeking leverage over lawful firearm businesses,” he wrote.
Chicago cops are not guinea pigs for a political gun control agenda
The losers in the situation, as Keane pointed out, are the men and women of the Chicago Police Department.