Texas Republican Introduces Resolution Condemning Biden’s Gun Control Agenda
A Texas Republican has introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to condemn the Biden administration’s gun control agenda and reaffirm support for the Second Amendment. The resolution takes aim at the Biden administration’s actions related to the Second Amendment in recent years, saying it has a “stated goal” to “restrict, burden, and undermine the ability of ordinary law-abiding citizens to exercise their right to keep and bear arms.”
The resolution comes amid the implementation of an interim final rule (IFR) by the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to amend the DOC’s licensing policy for exports of guns, ammunition and related components under its jurisdiction. That regulation goes into effect Thursday and was highlighted in Williams’s resolution, which said BIS “has restricted the fundamental Second Amendment right enumerated in the Bill of Rights by implementing policies that limit commercial firearm exports without providing adequate reasoning to why such a prohibition is necessary.”
The resolution also calls out President Biden for signing “multiple Executive orders directing federal agencies to act far outside the scope of their constitutional and statutory authority to dramatically expand restrictions on the lawful purchase and possession of firearms by ordinary civilians.”
The resolution has garnered support from several gun rights organizations, including the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).
“Time and time again, the Biden Administration has overstepped its authority to attack the rights of law-abiding gun owners. The NRA thanks Rep. Roger Williams for his resolution affirming the U.S. House of Representatives’ support of the Second Amendment,” said NRA-ILA Executive Director Randy Kozuch.
The resolution is a sign of the growing backlash against the Biden administration’s gun control agenda. Last week, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led 22 other Senate Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to withdraw what they considered to be the “deeply misguided rule and its associated license revocations.”
Co-sponsors of Williams’s measure include Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.; Byron Donalds, R-Fla.; Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn.; Richard Hudson, R-N.C.; Randy Weber, R-Texas; and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
