Pro-Second Amendment House Stands Up for Your Rights in Funding Bill

By Justin Stakes

Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Last Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives showed its strong support for the Second Amendment by sending H.R. 2578 — the Fiscal Year Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (CJS) — to the Senate with numerous pro-gun, pro-liberty provisions.

While a number of these are listed in our accompanying press release, a few deserve special mention. All show Congress asserting its role as the peoples’ representatives against a president and administrative state that has embarked on a lawless crusade to suppress the right to keep and bear arms.

Last year, the Obama Administration (well before it attempted to ban one of the most popular forms of AR-15 ammunition under its infamous “Framework” for “armor piercing ammunition),” issued a “special advisory” summarily prohibiting the importation of 5.45×39 7N6. The move against 7N6 was made without public input and without regard to whether the popular and affordable cartridge qualified for a “sporting purposes” exception under the federal “armor piercing ammunition” law. Rep. Paul Gossar (R.-Ariz.) championed an amendment to the CJS prohibiting the special advisory from being carried out, …read more

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