Exclusive: Rep. Cloud, Sen. Risch Introduce Legislation Blocking Federal Gun Registry
Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) are introducing legislation Thursday to block the formation of any federal gun registry.
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Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) are introducing legislation Thursday to block the formation of any federal gun registry.
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) and Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) signed Second Amendment privacy acts this week barring the use of credit card merchant codes to collect data on retail firearm purchasers.
Walmart’s website opens with photos of mothers and children shopping, weekly specials on daily necessities, and–for those who click on the “Our Company” link and dig a little deeper–an unabashed admission that Walmart has been videoing gun sales in its stores.
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) spoke with Breitbart News about Republicans’ continued efforts to stop the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) pistol brace rule, saying, “We’re going to defund it.”
Illinois Democrats are set to begin committee hearings on a piece of legislation that would require all “assault weapons” to be registered with the state and mandate that owners of the guns pay a fee.
Members of House of Representatives’ Second Amendment Caucus released a video Thursday morning calling for passage of legislation to end the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ de facto gun registry.
On Tuesday Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), and others called on voters to primary Republicans who refuse to take a stand against the ATF’s de facto gun registry.
Rep. Mike Cloud (R-TX) and 35 other Republican lawmakers are reportedly probing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) compilation of over 900 million firearm sales and transfer records.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Wednesday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast that President Joe Biden’s “deliberate” and “intentional” facilitation of illegal immigration across the southern border by millions of foreign nationals may lead to impeachment if Republicans win majorities in Congress.
A report by the Washington Free Beacon says the Biden Administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, (ATF) has a database detailing well over 900 million firearm purchases by Americans.
Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) is warning that Democrats’ universal background check legislation creates a “de facto gun registry” in America.
While speaking about House Democrats’ gun control push on Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) made clear “the government is never going to know what weapons I own.”
President Joe Biden campaigned on universal background checks for gun purchases and such checks require a firearm registry in order to be enforceable.
On January 4, 2013, National Institute of Justice Deputy Director Greg Ridgeway observed that universal background checks need to be coupled with a gun registry in order to be effective.
The March for Our Lives gun control movement is calling for the registration of all guns and implementation of “mandatory” buybacks of certain guns.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) warns that House Democrats’ real aim is to use the criminalization of private gun sales to set up a national gun registry.
Over 92 percent of NRA members oppose criminalizing private gun sales via universal background checks.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) notes the House Democrats’ push for universal background checks is really an effort to create a gun registry.
House Democrats want a vote on gun control that would not have stopped the Parkland high school shooting, the 2017 Las Vegas attack, or the 2016 Orlando Pulse shooting.
The gun control currently being pushed by House Democrats is unenforceable without a national firearm registry.
President Trump opened the door Thursday morning to a national gun registry via his proposed “comprehensive background checks.”
Pennsylvania Rep. Jamie Santora (R-163) defended his legislation outlawing private gun sales via the implementation of universal background checks during the May 30 airing of Whatever It Takes with Curt Schilling.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is warning that House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Obamacare 2.o still contains measures that will allow doctors, insurance companies, and the ATF to use medical records to further a gun control agenda.
The Democrats’ push for universal background checks will lead to a gun registry in New Mexico, says a letter signed by 32 of the 33 sheriffs in the state.
A gun bill in Texas has been pre-filed which, if passed, would prohibit a physician from inquiring into whether a patient has a gun in their home.
On May 12, The Washington Post’s editorial board contended that the shooting spree carried out by federal police officer Eulalio Tordil on May 5 and 6 highlights the need for a national gun registry.
On January 7, Baltimore Sun deputy editorial page editor Tricia Bishop penned a column in which she explained that licensed gun owners scare her more than gun-toting criminals.
On December 13, protesters with AR-15s slung over their shoulders crashed a Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America rally in Missoula, Montana.
On August 24 officials from the Obama administration will be attending the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference in Mexico City.
The socialist NDP’s 2015 “Policy Book” contains a proposal to “enable all municipalities, provinces, and territories to implement a ban on handguns.” This follows many times its leader Thomas Mulcair has called for a registration of all firearms via a “gun registry,” ostensibly in the interests of public safety.
Oregon’s SB 941—the legislation requiring background checks for all gun sales—went into effect on August 9, but Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp pointed out that the law is unenforceable without an accompanying statewide gun registry.
In an August 10 column, which was equal portions cathartic and panic stricken, The Economist basically admitted that the media’s relentless focus on gun crime results in more gun sales in America.
On April 30 SF Gate reported that 16,000 gun owners on California’s registry cannot legally own guns.
As Oregon’s senate prepares to convene February 2 for a “five-month legislative session,” returning senators who tried but failed at gun control in previous years hope having more Democrats in 2015 means gun control will finally succeed.