Thomas Massie: “I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding time. The Democrats today describe this Senate bill as a step forward. If…”

“I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding time. The Democrats today describe this Senate bill as a step forward. If you are saving lives, it is a step backward, folks. If you are banning guns, it is a small step forward. Yes, in fact, it is. Almost everybody on the other side of the aisle today said, it doesn't go far enough. What do they mean? Well, it is a red flag law bill, and they want to take all of the guns from some of the people. It doesn't go far enough for them because it doesn't yet take all of the guns from all of the people. That is their goal. Who has taken a step forward, which institution, which branch of government? Well, actually, if you are counting how many lives are going to be saved, you have to consider that the Supreme Court is the institution, the branch of government, that has taken two steps forward in the last 48 hours to save lives. One of those steps was to reaffirm the Heller decision that men and women in this country have the right to defend their own lives. The second step taken today was to affirm that the State legislatures have the right to defend the lives of the unborn. This bill is ineffective, unconstitutional, and ill-conceived without consideration for the dangerous unintended consequences. Did the drafters consider that changing the definition of ``gun dealer'' to be more ambiguous is going to make every American a gun dealer when they transfer a gun to a friend or a family member?…”