Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. I knew it was just a matter of time before gun control was front and center. They said they had to get through the COVID relief first and then the new Congress and White House are going after guns and implementing gun control. They say they want to start with universal background checks. That's what they did today. House Bill, HR 8 is an expanded background check bill that passed today. House is going to make its way to the Senate and by a vote of 227 to 203 it passed 8 Republicans voted for this including Fred Upton and Michigan. Very disappointing. I can't stand this guy. And then you had 202 Republicans voting against it. Now every time I do something like this people say, well why don't you just stick to gun reviews? You get involved with all this other stuff. How can I not? Let's think about this. You have expanded background checks. That means every time a firearm is purchased from a friend from another individual, totally legal process you would have to go to an FFL. Pay an additional fee, go through a more burdensome process and worst yet you have to fill out the paperwork and people say well what's the big deal about that? We have to do that when we buy a gun online from out of state. We have to do this. But every time you fill out a 44-73 that document stays with that FFL indefinitely. That FFL has to hold on to those documents. That means the government can easily access that information and figure out every single firearm that you possess. Now you may be okay with that. There are some people watching this and say I don't have a problem with that but I do. Nobody to privacy. We don't need the government knowing every single thing we have. Whether it's a gun or anything else. This is the same government that ran the post office bankrupt. I enjoy the mail coming and going and everything but let's face it. It's bankrupt. This is the same government that cannot control immigration. This is the same government that doesn't even know what they're talking about with guns. Best yet this will not affect criminals at all. Well here we have expanded background checks that sounds okay in the forefront. Hey, you don't want a background check. Everybody should get a background check. But in what other areas are you so burdened when you want to purchase a product? A law abiding citizen to purchase a product. I think it's terrible. And then people say you're always ripping out Democrats. Come on, why are you always ripping out Democrats? Well, 202 Republicans voted against it. There were 8th voted for it but it was overwhelmingly supported by Democrats. So all the people that said you know what I'm out of my mind. I shouldn't be talking about this. Thanks a lot because now what's going to the Senate and anything could happen there. Now once things like this happen, they're pretty much there for life. To go back and say you know these would be the good old days. To go back and say well you know maybe we should get rid of this. No, they don't do that. They keep it forever. And so here we have a whole new process of purchasing and selling firearms that is very expensive. And perhaps FFLs would like it. Like they would be getting a lot of business every time you get law abiding people following the law. If the pass of the Senate, Biden or he said he'd sign it, Biden's out there tweeting. Hey, congratulations. I'm so happy. You know, hey, Trump banned bump stocks. Yep, I was against that too. And yep, I call out Republicans too when they do something that is anti-Gum. But this is overwhelmingly supported by Democrats. And it is very burdensome, very expensive. It's a whole new process and it will lead to registration, which is the ultimate goal. When the government has access to every single firearm you own, that is registration, my friends. The very thing that we have been against for years and the main reason why we are against expanding background checks to this degree. There is also HR 1446. And this has to do with when somebody is delayed. So let's say you go to that FFL because your buddy is buying your gun and that person is delayed. The government has three days to give a reason why that's delayed. Or if they don't do anything, then that purchase can take place. They want to make it up to 30 days. Okay, so 30 days. Now you have to prove your innocent before you can even be approved. You have to prove your innocence. You may have never done anything wrong. And furthermore, when the Nick system gets so overwhelmed, they were delaying people left and right. Not because there was a problem with that person. Not because there was a background of criminal activity. Not because any of that stuff. Simply because the system was overwhelmed. If the system gets overwhelmed or for who knows, maybe three, four, ten people call off sick that day and they cannot handle the Nick checks, they could begin delays. You may not be able to get your firearm for 30 days if that passes. So all the people who said, you know, this is not a Republican or Democrat thing. These are all sponsored by Democrats. Liberal Democrats that now have the power and they're going to do exactly what they said they would do. It starts with background checks that leads to registration and then pretty soon, once these get passed, if it makes it through the Senate, I will tell you I do not trust the Senate one bit. If it makes it through the Senate, you better believe they're going after higher taxes on firearms and ammunition and they're going after our guns. They will already know who has them, who has what. This is a slippery slope in which we should have never been here, but here we are and now we're back to fighting for our rights. What life is like right now as a gun owner would be considered the good old days and the whole process has gotten a whole mess with these liberals in control. I appreciate you watching and you guys be safe.