{"id":189192,"date":"2021-03-04T17:12:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189192"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:12:12","slug":"biden-attorney-general-nominee-pleads-ignorance-on-gun-control-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-attorney-general-nominee-pleads-ignorance-on-gun-control-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Attorney General Nominee Pleads Ignorance on Gun Control Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-attorney-general-nominee-pleads-ignorance-on-gun-control-limits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/garland-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Joe Biden&#8217;s pick for the top law enforcement post in America told the Senate that he is uninformed about important gun issues, as he faces what could be a close confirmation vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Merrick Garland told Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) he was unfamiliar with key gun policy areas in written answers made public Wednesday night. He said he did not know enough about the topic to say whether Biden could unilaterally deny gun sales by permanently delaying background checks. He used the same explanation when asked if Biden could ban the sale of popular rifles like the AR-15\u2014something Biden promised to make law during his campaign.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Guns<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/biden-attorney-general-nominee-pleads-ignorance-on-gun-control-limits\/\"><strong>Biden Attorney General Nominee Pleads Ignorance on Gun Control Limits<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/dems-jumpstart-gun-control-efforts\/\"><strong>Dems Jumpstart Gun-Control Efforts<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/ford-wants-its-cars-back-from-the-nra\/\"><strong>Ford Wants Its Cars Back From the NRA\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;I am unfamiliar with this issue and cannot offer an opinion on that question,&#8221; Garland\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1367263216800313344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">said<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the unilateral AR-15 ban.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If confirmed to be the next attorney general, Garland would advise President Biden on if and how he can pursue gun-related executive actions.\u00a0Garland testified in late February that Biden does have the ability to pursue some gun-control measures without Congress passing new laws.\u00a0His combined comments indicate he believes Biden is entitled to impose new gun restrictions but does not know what limits, if any, there are to that power.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;As I\u2019m sure you know, the president is a strong supporter of gun control and has been an advocate all of his life, professional life, on this question,&#8221; Garland said during his confirmation hearing. &#8220;The role of the Justice Department is to advance the policy program of the administration as long as it is consistent with the law. And, as I said, so\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">far<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0we have a little indication from the Supreme Court as to what this means. But we don\u2019t have a complete indication. And where there is room under the law for the president\u2019s policies to be pursued, then I think the president is entitled to pursue them.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Critics have accused Garland of not being forthcoming about his views on several important issues. Cotton said he would delay Garland&#8217;s nomination and asked him for more information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Democrats are trying to expedite Judge Garland\u2019s confirmation vote,&#8221; he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on Wednesday. &#8220;I\u2019m blocking them because Judge Garland has refused to answer basic questions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cotton accused Democrats of treating Garland&#8217;s nomination differently than former attorney general Bill Barr.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Ensuring the Senate has time to debate these issues and get answers is the same thing that Senate Democrats did for Bill Barr,&#8221; he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. &#8220;We\u2019re not going to have one standard for Trump\u2019s nominees and another for Biden\u2019s.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cotton&#8217;s action is likely to delay Garland&#8217;s confirmation for around a week but unlikely to stop it as the entire Democratic caucus and a handful of Republicans have indicated they will vote to confirm him.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s pick for the top law enforcement post in America told the Senate that he is uninformed about important gun issues, as he faces what could be &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274720,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/garland-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Attorney General Nominee Pleads Ignorance on Gun Control Limits","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/garland-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Attorney General Nominee Pleads Ignorance on Gun Control Limits","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}