{"id":13279,"date":"2019-09-15T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T22:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13279"},"modified":"2019-09-15T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T22:23:10","slug":"the-worrying-145-big-business-now-wants-little-constitution-and-big-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-worrying-145-big-business-now-wants-little-constitution-and-big-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worrying 145: Big Business Now Wants Little Constitution and Big Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The NEW AMERICAN<\/strong>, by Selwyn Duke — September 14, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re concerned about violence with guns, never fear, big \u201cwoke\u201d corporate millionaires are here \u2014 to save you from yourself. The latest on this front is that 145 chief executives, <\/em>reports<\/em><\/a> CNBC, \u201cwrote a letter to the Senate on Thursday, urging the legislative body to take action on gun safety,\u201d with \u201cgun safety\u201d being a euphemism for removing freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC continues:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter notes recent gun violence in Chicago, Newport News, Virginia, and other places, calling it a \u201cpublic health crisis.\u201d But the leaders also say that gun violence is preventable, and lawmakers can step in to head off tragedies.<\/p>

\u201cThat\u2019s why we we [sic] urge the Senate to stand with the American public and take action on gun safety by passing a bill to require background checks on all gun sales and a strong Red Flag law that would allow courts to issue life-saving extreme risk protection orders,\u201d they wrote in the letter.<\/p>

Red flag laws, which are also known as extreme risk laws, allow family members or law enforcement to petition a court to prevent someone temporarily from obtaining firearms.<\/p>

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... signatories include Edward Stack, CEO of\u00a0<\/em>Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods<\/em><\/a>; several figures from Bain Capital, which was founded by Senator Mitt Romney; and Thrive Capital\u2019s Joshua Kushner, brother of\u00a0<\/em>Jared Kushner<\/em><\/a>, advisor and son-in-law of President Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other CEOs didn\u2019t sign the letter, often for political reasons. Notably, Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg refused; though he supports the gun laws in question, he was concerned that weighing in would intensify the federal scrutiny his company is already under. Google, Apple, and banks such as Citigroup and Bank of America didn\u2019t join either, also for self-serving reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many find it ironic, and maddening, that super-rich people \u2014 who can afford bodyguards and life in a gated, ivory tower community \u2014 would try to make it more difficult for average people to defend themselves. It is, after all, easy to be idealistic when you don\u2019t have to live with your ideals. The kicker here, however, is that these CEOs stated concerns are driven less by reason and more by passion, which, Ben Franklin warned, governs, but \u201cnever governs wisely.\u201d And we can know they\u2019re thus driven because their concerns have little relationship to reality.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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