“The Second Amendment guarantees every American has the right to own and use a firearm. Every day, people across Wyoming use this right responsibly.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about how Republicans are defending Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
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Sen. Barrasso’s remarks as prepared:
“Republicans are fighting tooth and nail to protect Americans’ God-given rights. One of those rights is the right to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment guarantees every American has the right to own and use a firearm. Every day, people across Wyoming use this right responsibly.
“For four years, Joe Biden, Senator Chuck Schumer, and radical Democrats waged a war against our Second Amendment rights. They tried to ban firearms. They tried to tax ammunition to the point where it couldn’t be afforded. They directed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to harass law-abiding gun owners. They tried to make it impossible for citizens to buy, own, transport, or use a firearm.
“Now Republicans control the Senate. We control the House of Representatives and the White House. We are defending the Second Amendment from those who would take it away.
“Senator John Cornyn of Texas has introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. This bold legislation allows qualified citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights in any state that respects concealed carry.
“Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas has introduced the SHORT Act. This legislation stops the rogue bureaucrats at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms from harassing lawful gun owners. It shields citizens from an unconstitutional gun registration scheme.
“Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee has introduced the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act. This legislation is a direct strike against Democrats’ alarming overreach on gun purchases. It will safeguard gun owners from the government’s invasive tracking and spying on lawful purchases.
“I’m proud to cosponsor all three of these pro-freedom bills. This fight could not be more important. Democrats across the country are determined to take away the rights of law-abiding American citizens. They’re pushing their anti-gun agenda in the courts. They’re scheming right here in the United States Senate.
“When Democrats held the majority, they had the audacity to try to ram through an unconstitutional, so-called ‘assault weapons’ ban by unanimous consent. I was proud to stand up in this chamber, face them down, and emphatically say NO.
“Now Democrats are in the minority. Have they changed? No. They’re still obsessed with banning semi-automatic firearms – simply because of the way these firearms look.
“Let me be clear. Democrats’ ban on so-called ‘assault weapons’ is an assault on law-abiding gun owners. Every single page of their bill adds a new restriction, new burden, and new attack on citizens who follow the law. It dictates what you can buy and what you cannot buy. It bans more than 205 popular rifles, shotguns, and pistols by name.
“Democrats’ hypocrisy is stark. They trample on the rights of law-abiding citizens while they champion the ‘rights’ of illegal immigrants. Democrats are the party of defunding the police and disarming the American people. That makes our streets more dangerous, not safer.
“I oppose any policies that threaten the Second Amendment rights of the people of Wyoming and across the country.”
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