{"id":12038,"date":"2022-04-13T15:40:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyfreedom.com\/?p=12038"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:42:11","slug":"biden-ghost-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/biden-ghost-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Makes Law, Not Joe Biden: GOP Rep slams president over &#8216;ghost weapon&#8217; statements (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Thomas Massie took aim at the Biden administration over the weekend, claiming that the government was about to take unilateral action that would take away Americans&#8217; gun rights. President Joe Biden is likely to take action against &#8220;ghost weapons,&#8221; or any handmade firearm without a serial number, this week.<br \/>\nWATCH Joe Biden&#8217;s announcement on &#8216;ghost weapons&#8217; video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden announces new rule on &quot;ghost guns&quot; aimed at combating gun crimes | full video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sVzdLQmbqD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMassie slammed Biden for disrespecting the Constitution and circumventing Congress as he screened a report on the impending crackdown.<br \/>\n&#8220;The federal government is not authorized by the Constitution to ban you from producing your own firearm,&#8221; the Republican claimed. &#8220;This is a reality that has been known for more than 200 years. Also, Congress, not the President, establishes the law according to Article 1, Section 1 (literally the first active sentence in the Constitution), said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/congress-makes-law-not-potus-rep-massie-slams-biden-admin-over-gun-crackdown-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Constitution does not authorize the federal government to prevent you from making your own firearm. This a fact that has been recognized for 200+ years. Also, Article 1, Section 1 (literally the first operative sentence in the Constitution) says Congress makes law, not POTUS! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTFRvKYTVi\">pic.twitter.com\/vTFRvKYTVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1513312153687711751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Daily Wire pointed out that serial numbers are already necessary if these manufactured firearms are sold or transferred to another person when Biden promoted the purported severe significance of &#8220;ghost guns&#8221; in America in April:<br \/>\nUnder present legislation, a person can make a handmade weapon for personal use without serial numbers. If the firearm is sold or passed to another individual, a serial number is necessary. This only applies to hobbies, not those who are in the process of creating business, purchasing, and\/or selling firearms. The Gun Control Act of 1968 regulates these handmade guns.<br \/>\nStephen Gutowski, a firearms expert, questioned Biden&#8217;s political strategy in light of upcoming gun control legislation.<br \/>\nHe wrote, &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand the White House plan here.&#8221; &#8220;They&#8217;re going to nominate another political figure for ATF director, which means a major gun-control battle will erupt right before the November elections.&#8221; They&#8217;re also bringing the &#8216;ghost gun&#8217; law into action as soon as possible.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Throughout Biden&#8217;s administration, guns have continually ranked low on Americans&#8217; priority lists, and his handling of the problem has been bad,&#8221; Gutowski added. &#8220;On this subject, Republicans are now more trusted than Democrats.&#8221; Despite this, the White House is leaning in.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Thomas Massie took aim at the Biden administration over the weekend, claiming that the government was about to take unilateral action that would take away Americans&#8217; gun rights. President Joe Biden is likely to take action against &#8220;ghost weapons,&#8221; or any handmade firearm without a serial number, this week. WATCH Joe Biden&#8217;s announcement on &#8230; <a title=\"Congress Makes Law, Not Joe Biden: GOP Rep slams president over &#8216;ghost weapon&#8217; statements (video)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/biden-ghost-weapon\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Congress Makes Law, Not Joe Biden: GOP Rep slams president over &#8216;ghost weapon&#8217; statements (video)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}