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Republicans lash out against Senate gun bill and each other
GOP lawmakers in the House are tearing apart a Senate gun control package crafted by a bipartisan group of senators, lashing out at fellow Republicans who support the legislation in the process.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, called the 14 Senate Republicans who voted to advance the legislation on Tuesday RINOs — Republicans in name only.
“We all know that Bernie Sanders is going to vote to take away your guns. He ran on that platform. But I do think that it’s surprising some of the other 14 Senators who ran on preserving Second Amendment rights, have decided to turn their back on their commitment,” Boebert said in a press conference Wednesday.
“I’m sure we’ll even see some in the House, unfortunately, who have touted their support of the Second Amendment and Americans to have the right to keep and bear arms and they will fold,” Boebert said.
“We did not anticipate that we will be playing defense against the Republican senators on preserving the Second Amendment,” said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the other co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.
Former President Trump also weighed in, calling Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the lead Republican negotiator, a “RINO.” Trump also criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is backing the measure.
The red flag funding provision is evoking the most pushback from gun rights advocates.
“Red flag laws permit the preemptive seizure of firearms from Americans without due process by allowing any person to report a gunowner to law enforcement and petition for the confiscation of that individual’s firearms, even before the gunowner has an opportunity to defend themselves,” the House Freedom Caucus said while announcing its formal opposition to the bill on Tuesday.
McConnell, one of the 14 Republican senators who backed the legislation, defended the measure, calling it “a commonsense package of popular steps that will help make these horrifying incidents less likely while fully upholding the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”
Massie, who represents a district in McConnell’s home state, said the Senate GOP leader was acting in his capacity as minority leader rather than as a senator representing the conservative state of Kentucky.
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) said that McConnell is playing to the ideological middle in order to build a slim majority.
“I personally don’t think that’s what America wants or needs. I think America is looking for people who will come out and explain to the people, remind them what the foundation of the Second Amendment is, why it exists, why we’re free substantially because of it,” Bishop said. “I believe that produces victories in the election far more than chasing the last vote.”
House GOP leaders will formally whip members to vote against the bill.
A House GOP whip check notice calls the legislation part of “an effort to slowly chip away at law-abiding citizens’ 2nd Amendment rights.”
The bill “transforms law-abiding citizens under the age of 21 into second class citizens by creating a de facto waiting period of up to ten business days for legal, law-abiding firearm purchases,” the whip check notice said.
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GOP lawmakers in the House are tearing apart a Senate gun control package crafted by a bipartisan group of senators, lashing out at fellow Republicans who support the legislation in the process.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, called the 14 Senate Republicans who voted to advance the legislation on Tuesday RINOs — Republicans in name only.
“We all know that Bernie Sanders is going to vote to take away your guns. He ran on that platform. But I do think that it’s surprising some of the other 14 Senators who ran on preserving Second Amendment rights, have decided to turn their back on their commitment,” Boebert said in a press conference Wednesday.
“I’m sure we’ll even see some in the House, unfortunately, who have touted their support of the Second Amendment and Americans to have the right to keep and bear arms and they will fold,” Boebert said.
“We did not anticipate that we will be playing defense against the Republican senators on preserving the Second Amendment,” said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the other co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.
Former President Trump also weighed in, calling Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the lead Republican negotiator, a “RINO.” Trump also criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is backing the measure.
The red flag funding provision is evoking the most pushback from gun rights advocates.
“Red flag laws permit the preemptive seizure of firearms from Americans without due process by allowing any person to report a gunowner to law enforcement and petition for the confiscation of that individual’s firearms, even before the gunowner has an opportunity to defend themselves,” the House Freedom Caucus said while announcing its formal opposition to the bill on Tuesday.
McConnell, one of the 14 Republican senators who backed the legislation, defended the measure, calling it “a commonsense package of popular steps that will help make these horrifying incidents less likely while fully upholding the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”
Massie, who represents a district in McConnell’s home state, said the Senate GOP leader was acting in his capacity as minority leader rather than as a senator representing the conservative state of Kentucky.
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) said that McConnell is playing to the ideological middle in order to build a slim majority.
“I personally don’t think that’s what America wants or needs. I think America is looking for people who will come out and explain to the people, remind them what the foundation of the Second Amendment is, why it exists, why we’re free substantially because of it,” Bishop said. “I believe that produces victories in the election far more than chasing the last vote.”
House GOP leaders will formally whip members to vote against the bill.
A House GOP whip check notice calls the legislation part of “an effort to slowly chip away at law-abiding citizens’ 2nd Amendment rights.”
The bill “transforms law-abiding citizens under the age of 21 into second class citizens by creating a de facto waiting period of up to ten business days for legal, law-abiding firearm purchases,” the whip check notice said.
Republicans lash out against Senate gun bill and each other
GOP lawmakers in the House are tearing apart a Senate gun control package crafted by a bipartisan group of senators, lashing out at fellow Republicans who support the legislation in the process. Re…
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