Second Amendment Groups Expect New House Majority to Stand and Fight For Gun Owners

By Alex Madajian

This was originally published by Michael Clements in the Epoch Times on January 12, 2023.
Second Amendment Groups Expect New House Majority to Stand and Fight For Gun Owners
Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tried to make hay with Republicans by starting the 118th Congress with a move to defund 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, but Second Amendment groups see the new Congress as a mixed blessing at best.
While McCarthy was touting efforts to rein in the IRS, Gun Owners of America (GOA) decried what it called a misguided effort to address illegal immigration and placate gun control proponents.
This does not align with the pro-gun agenda GOA and the National Rifle Association (NRA) hope will be pushed by the House majority.
According to a statement on the GOA website, a proposed law requiring the FBI to report anyone illegally in the country—based on information found in firearms purchase background checks—to Immigration and Customs Enforcement is “not a pro-gun bill.”
“This is why gun owners can’t blindly trust Congress to fight for our Second Amendment rights. We just ended Pelosi’s majority, but the new majority wants to use your gun rights as a bargaining chip in the border crisis,” the statement

Source: Gun Owners of America