Hardly new. Current bill is submitted in the House, now all that's needed is a manufactured tragedy/tragedies to seal the minimally required public support.
Back the otherwise law abiding citizenry into a corner, make felons out of the largest number of people poss. Government has no power to compel the behavior of the innocent; only those deemed guilty.
I truly hope this can be beaten, in normal times it would be dead on arrival. These aren't normal times.
Para Proelium
"now all that's needed is a manufactured tragedy/tragedies to seal the minimally required public support. "
What I have been aluding to all along...