It’s illegal for a non-resident to possess a firearm, except under a very small set of circumstances, usually having to do with hunting or security, and both came with a heavy dose of restrictions. Makes sense, right? Well, you already surely know that Democrats attempted to sneak in a provision to their check backgrounds and end up requiring a registry of law abiding citizens bill, which wouldn’t stop most criminals from getting a gun, that would keep ICE from being alerted when an illegal alien applied for a firearms license
Activist Group: Don’t Expand Gun Control ‘at the Expense of Our Immigrant Communities’
House Democrats passed universal background checks to leftist fanfare Wednesday, but one activist group worries the gun control could make life more difficult for illegals.
On February 18, 2019, Breitbart News reported that the Democrats rejected a Republican push to add an alert for ICE to the gun control bill. The Republican wanted to alert ICE if an illegal alien was discovered via a background check for a firearm.
On February 27, 2019, the Republicans secured a “motion to recommit,†thereby adding the ICE alert to the Democrats’ gun control bill.
In response the Community Justice Action Fund hedged its support for the Democrats’ gun control bill, noting that more gun laws should not be passed at the expense of illegals:
https://twitter.com/_cjactionfund/status/1100880765984878592
Alerting ICE when an unlawfully present person tries to purchase a firearm is keeping communities safe. Realistically, how many illegals attempt to get a background check to get a firearm? I’d hazard to say it is very, very, very low. But, we see how the Open Borders lobby will attempt to protect illegals at all turns.
